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(A)I belong to my lover, and my lover belongs to me;
    he feeds among the lilies.

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I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(A)
    he browses among the lilies.(B)

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One alone[a] is my dove, my perfect one,
    her mother’s special one,
    favorite of the one who bore her.
Daughters see her and call her happy,
    queens and concubines, and they praise her:

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Footnotes

  1. 6:9 One alone: the incomparability of the woman is a favorite motif in love poetry.

but my dove,(A) my perfect one,(B) is unique,
    the only daughter of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.(C)
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    the queens and concubines praised her.

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