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16 [She said distinctly] My beloved is mine and I am his! He pastures his flocks among the lilies.(A)

17 [Then, longingly addressing her absent shepherd, she cried] Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, return hastily, O my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart as you cover the mountains [which separate us].

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