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689 B
Markdown
17 lines
689 B
Markdown
The lover continues to describe the one he loves.
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## head on you is like Carmel ##
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The woman is compared to Mount Carmel that rises up above everything else around it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## dark purple ##
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Possible translations are 1) "dark black" or 2) "dark red."
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## The king is held captive by its tresses ##
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AT: "Your hair that hangs down is so beautiful that the king is not able to stop admiring it." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## tresses ##
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the clusters of hair that hang down from a woman's head. You can also translate this word as "locks" or "curls" or "ringlets." |