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

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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(A)
    if you find my beloved,(B)
what will you tell him?
    Tell him I am faint with love.(C)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:7 That is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song

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)

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