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A new wife

The young man:

My dear friend, how beautiful you are!

    Yes, you are very beautiful!
Your eyes behind your veil are like doves.
Your hair is like a group of goats
    that are coming down from Mount Gilead.[a]
Your teeth are very white like a group of sheep.
    They are like sheep after someone has cut off their dirty wool
    and they are coming from the pool of water.
Each tooth is one of a pair.
    Not one of them is alone.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Mount Gilead is a mountain in Israel, where Solomon was king.

He

How beautiful you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes behind your veil(A) are doves.(B)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from the hills of Gilead.(C)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin;
    not one of them is alone.(D)

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