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Turn your eyes away from me. They enchant me!
    Your hair is like a flock of goats moving down from Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep,
    sheep that come up from the washing.
        All of them bear twins, and not one has lost its young.
Your temples behind your veil are like slices of pomegranate.

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Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(A)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
    not one of them is missing.(B)
Your temples behind your veil(C)
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(D)

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