^5 (A)I adjure you, ^(B)O daughters of Jerusalem,
    ^(C)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

⁸ I ^(A)adjure you, O ^(B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
    ^(C)I am sick with love.

⁹ What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    O ^(D)most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    that you thus ^(E)adjure us?

⁴ I ^(A)adjure you, O ^(B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    ^(C)that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.