Cantares 3

Io vi scongiuro, o figliuole di Gerusalemme, pe' caprioli, e pe' cervi de' campi, che non rompiate il sonno della Diletta, e non la facciate svegliare fino a tanto, che ella il voglia.

Yo os conjuro, oh doncellas de Jerusalem, por las gamas y por las ciervas del campo, que no despertéis ni hagáis velar al amor, hasta que quiera.

I charge you, 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 adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken love, until it so desires.