הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אִֽם־תִּמְצְאוּ֙ אֶת־דּוֹדִ֔י מַה־תַּגִּ֣ידוּ ל֔וֹ שֶׁחוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃
Je vous en conjure, ô filles de Jérusalem: Si vous rencontrez mon bien-aimé, que lui direz-vous? Que je suis malade d’amour!
Rashi on Song of Songs
I bind you under oath. The nations, Nevuchadnetzar’s men, who saw Chananyah, Misha’eil, and Azaryah submit themselves to the fiery furnace,33See Daniyeil 3:20-23. and Doniyeil to the lions’ den34See Ibid. 6:17-18. because of prayer, and Mordechai’s generation in the days of Haman.
Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
I adjure you O maidens of Jerusalem! All this is a parable concerning the ascent of the Glory, and the shekhinah complaining bitterly about his departure.
Rashi on Song of Songs
When you find my beloved. In the future, on the Day of Judgement, when it will be requested of you to testify about me, as the matter is stated, “Let them present their witnesses, and they will be vindicated.”35Yeshayahu 43:9. See Maseches Avodah Zarah 3a.