The beloved adjures the daughters of Jerusalem a final time not to stir up or awaken love until it pleases, establishing this protective incantation as the concluding statement about the poem's passionate content and suggesting that love requires the proper conditions and timing. The final repetition of this adjuration suggests that it remains relevant throughout the poem and that love continues to require protection from premature disruption. The address to the daughters of Jerusalem as witnesses and protectors of love establishes them as having a sustained sacred function in honoring and protecting erotic love. This verse theologically suggests that the protection of love is an ongoing responsibility of community and that the proper conditions and timing for love's awakening must be maintained throughout.

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