[a]I (A)adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the (B)gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until [b]she pleases.”

Solomon’s Wedding Day

[c][d](C)What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like (D)columns of smoke,
Perfumed with (E)myrrh and (F)frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?
“Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.

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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)

Who is this coming up from the wilderness(C)
    like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh(D) and incense
    made from all the spices(E) of the merchant?
Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
    escorted by sixty warriors,(F)
    the noblest of Israel,

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