I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, tell him this: I am faint with love.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the wild does: do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!
Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in earnest prayer to God on my behalf,
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken love until it is ready!
I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.