4 Scarcely had I passed by them,
When I found the one I love.
I held him and would not let him go,
Until I had brought him to the ^ahouse of my mother,
And into the¹ chamber of her who conceived me. ‡

5 ^aI¹ charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases. ‡

7 Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.

8 They all hold swords,
Being expert in war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.