⁵ ·Women [^LDaughters] of Jerusalem [1:5], ·promise me [I adjure you]
    by the gazelles and the deer of the field [^Cin Hebrew sounds like “by the (Lord) of Hosts” or “by God Almighty”]
not to awaken
    or ·excite [arouse] love
    until it ·is ready [so desires; ^Clikely a warning to the women to wait for love until the right person comes along; 2:7; 8:4].
⁶ ·Who [or What] is this coming out of the ·desert [wilderness]
    like a ·cloud [pillar] of smoke?
·Who is this that smells like [^L…perfumed with] myrrh, ·incense [frankincense],
    and ·other spices [^Lfrom all the scented powders of the trader]?
⁷ Look, it’s Solomon’s ·couch [palanquin; litter; ^Ca bed carried by servants]
    with sixty soldiers around it,
    the ·finest soldiers [heroes; mighty men] of Israel.