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Friends of the Woman

If you do not know, O fairest among women,
    follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
    beside the shepherds’ tents.

The Man

I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Lovely are your cheeks with ornaments,
    your neck with chains of gold.

Friends of the Woman

11 We will make you ornaments of gold,
    with studs of silver.

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