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10 They said, ‘She is like the light that appears at dawn.
    She is as beautiful as the moon.
    She is as bright as the sun.
She is as wonderful as the stars that shine brightly in their places.’

11 I went down to the garden of walnut trees.[a]
    I wanted to see the new plants that were growing in the valley;
    to see if the vines had new leaves now;
    to see if the pomegranate trees had flowers.
12 I became so happy
    that I did not understand what was happening.
I knew that I wanted to be with her.
    I felt that I was riding with the king's men in their chariots.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:11 Walnuts are a kind of hard seeds (nuts) that people eat.