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The Young Women Praise the Woman

10 Who is that young woman
    that ·shines out [L looks down] like the dawn?
She is as ·pretty [beautiful] as the moon,
    as bright as the sun,
·as wonderful as an army flying flags [awesome like an army under banners; v. 4].

The Man Speaks

11 I went down into the ·orchard [grove] of nut trees
    to see the ·blossoms [new growth] of the valley,
to look for buds on the vines,
    to see if the pomegranate trees had bloomed.
12 Before I realized it, my desire ·for you made me feel
    like a prince in a chariot [or placed me in the chariots of Amminadab; C perhaps a well-known lover like Romeo].

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