7 The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases!
7 I chargeD4565 you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he pleaseD4566.
charge - Or 'adjure,' and so chs. 3.5; 5.8,9; 8.4. please - Lit. 'nor awaken love till it please.' so chs. 3.5 and 8.4.
7 I charge youK4471, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
I charge you: Heb. I adjure you.