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Tell me, you whom my soul loves,
    where you pasture your flock,
    where you make it lie down at noon,
for why should I be like one who is veiled
    beside the flocks of your companions?(A)

If you do not know,
    O fairest among women,
follow the tracks of the flock
    and pasture your kids
    beside the shepherds’ tents.(B)

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Tell me, you whom I love:(A)
Where do you pasture your sheep?(B)
Where do you let them rest at noon?(C)
Why should I be like one who veils herself[a]
beside the flocks of your companions?(D)

Man

[b]If you do not know,
most beautiful of women,(E)
follow[c] the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
near the shepherds’ tents.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Or who wanders
  2. 1:8 Some understand the young women to be the speakers in this verse.
  3. 1:8 Lit go out for yourself into