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Strengthen me with raisins[a];
    refresh me with apples, because I am weak with love.[b]
My lover’s left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm holds me.

Women of Jerusalem, promise me by the gazelles and wild deer,
    don’t awaken love,
    don’t arouse love, until I am ready.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:5 raisins Or “raisin cakes.”
  2. Song of Solomon 2:5 I am weak with love Or “I am lovesick.”
  3. Song of Solomon 2:7 until I am ready Literally, “until it desires.”

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