Song of Solomon 3:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵ Young women of Jerusalem,
promise me by the power
    of deer and gazelles,^[a]
never to awaken love
    before it is ready.

⁶ What do we see approaching
from the desert
    like a cloud of smoke?
With it comes the sweet smell
of spices, including myrrh
    and frankincense.
⁷ It is King Solomon
    carried on a throne,
surrounded by sixty
    of Israel's best soldiers.