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Like a scarlet strand, your lips,
    and your mouth—lovely!
Like pomegranate[a] halves, your cheeks
    behind your veil.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:3 Pomegranate: a fruit with a firm skin and deep red color. The woman’s cheek (or perhaps her brow) is compared, in roundness and tint, to a half-pomegranate.