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The young woman:[a]

12 While the king was eating a meal,
    the sweet smell of my perfume was in the air.
13 My lover is like a bag of myrrh
    that lies between my breasts.
14 He is like a group of henna flowers
    that grow in the vineyards at En Gedi.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12 The woman talks to her friends about her time with the man.
  2. 1:14 Henna is a plant that has a lovely smell. En Gedi is the name of a pool of water in a desert.