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The Woman Speaks

16 My lover is mine, and I am his.
    He feeds among the lilies
17 until the day dawns
    and the shadows disappear.
Turn, my lover.
    Be like a gazelle or a young deer
    on the rugged mountains.

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She

16 My beloved is mine and I am his;(A)
    he browses among the lilies.(B)
17 Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,(C)
turn, my beloved,(D)
    and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag(E)
    on the rugged hills.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 2:17 Or the hills of Bether