⁷ Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(A)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.^(B)

¹⁷ Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,^(A)
turn, my beloved,^(B)
    and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag^(C)
    on the rugged hills.^[a](D)