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Women of Jerusalem, promise me,
    don’t awaken love,
    don’t arouse love, until I am ready.[a]

The Women of Jerusalem Speak

Who is this woman
    coming from the desert, leaning on her lover?

She Speaks to Him

I woke you under the apple tree,
    where your mother gave birth to you,
    where you were born.
Keep me near you like a seal you wear over your heart,
    like a signet ring you wear on your hand.
Love is as strong as death.
    Passion is as strong as the grave.[b]
Its sparks become a flame,
    and it grows to become a great fire[c]!

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:4 until I am ready Literally, “until it desires.”
  2. Song of Solomon 8:6 the grave Or “Sheol,” the place where dead people go.
  3. Song of Solomon 8:6 great fire Or “the flame of the Lord.”

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