Bible in Basic English
"I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready."
— Song Of Solomon 8:4, Bible in Basic English
“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.”
“ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please. ”
“I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends”
“The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem:“Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!””
“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.”
“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.”
Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.
I would take you by the hand into my mother's house, and she would be my teacher. I would give you drink of spiced wine, drink of the pomegranate.
His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.
I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.
Who is this, who comes up from the waste places, resting on her loved one? It was I who made you awake under the apple-tree, where your mother gave you birth; there she was in pain at your birth.
Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.
Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.