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Adjuration Refrain

I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem,[a]
    if you find my beloved, what will you tell him?
Tell him that I am lovesick![b]

Maiden’s Praise of Her Beloved

How is your beloved better than another lover,[c]
    O most beautiful among women?
How is your beloved better than another lover, [d]
    that you adjure us thus?
10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,[e]
    distinguished among[f] ten thousand.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:8 Literally “O daughters of Jerusalem”
  2. Song of Solomon 5:8 Literally “sick with love”
  3. Song of Solomon 5:9 Literally “What is your beloved more than another beloved …?”
  4. Song of Solomon 5:9 Literally “What is your beloved more than another beloved …?”
  5. Song of Solomon 5:10 Literally “red”
  6. Song of Solomon 5:10 Literally “more than”