Male lover
“I adjure you!
O daughters of Jerusalem!
By the gazelles,
By the wild does,
Do not stir up love!
Do not awaken love
Until it is ready!”
The male lover responds by asking that the daughters of Jerusalem keep him from his lover until the right time, until her love is ready. Love should simmer and sleep before it awakens. The mention of the gazelles and the wild doe seem to be a way of talking about God. He is swearing or adjuring to these wild swift young animals to hold him back from his desires.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 