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Behind your veil are hidden
    beautiful rosy cheeks.[a]

What if I could have
sixty queens, eighty wives,
    and thousands of others!
You would be my only choice,
    my flawless dove,
the favorite child
    of your mother.
The young women, the queens,
    and all the others
tell how excited you are
    as they sing your praises:

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Footnotes

  1. 6.7 cheeks: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 7.

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