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But there is only one woman that I want.
    Nobody is like her in any way.
    She is my perfect one, as lovely as a dove.
She is the special daughter of her mother.
    Her mother loves her best among all her children.
The young women saw her and they praised her.
    The queens and the slave wives also praised her.
10 They said, ‘She is like the light that appears at dawn.
    She is as beautiful as the moon.
    She is as bright as the sun.
She is as wonderful as the stars that shine brightly in their places.’

11 I went down to the garden of walnut trees.[a]
    I wanted to see the new plants that were growing in the valley;
    to see if the vines had new leaves now;
    to see if the pomegranate trees had flowers.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:11 Walnuts are a kind of hard seeds (nuts) that people eat.

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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10 Who is this that appears like the dawn,
    fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
    majestic as the stars in procession?

He

11 I went down to the grove of nut trees
    to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
    or the pomegranates were in bloom.(D)

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