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The Lover

You are beautiful, my darling, like Tirzah,[a]
    lovely like Jerusalem,
        as awesome as an army with banners.
Turn your eyes from me,
    for they excite me.[b]
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    coming down from Mt. Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
    coming up from being washed.[c]
All of them are twins,
    not one has lost[d] her young.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:4 I.e. a prominent city in the northern kingdom of Israel
  2. Song of Solomon 6:5 Or overwhelm me
  3. Song of Solomon 6:6 Lit. from washing
  4. Song of Solomon 6:6 Lit. been bereaved of; i.e. her teeth match

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You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(A) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(B)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(C)
Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(D)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
    not one of them is missing.(E)

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