The Beloved to the Maidens:
2:7 I adjure you, 1 O maidens of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles and by the young does 2 of the open fields: 3
Do not awaken or arouse 4 love 5 until it pleases! 6
The Beloved about Her Lover:
2:8 Listen! 7 My lover is approaching! 8
Look! 9 Here he comes,
leaping over the mountains,
bounding over the hills!
2:9 My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. 10
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the window,
peering through the lattice.