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The young woman:

I would like it if you were my brother
    who drank milk from my mother's breasts!
If you were my brother,
    if I found you outside, I could kiss you.
Nobody would think that I was doing something wrong.
I would lead you to my mother's house.
    She is the one who has taught me.
I would give you wine with spices to drink,
    the juice from my pomegranates.

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If only you were to me like a brother,
    who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!
Then, if I found you outside,
    I would kiss you,
    and no one would despise me.
I would lead you
    and bring you to my mother’s house(A)
    she who has taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
    the nectar of my pomegranates.

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