The Bridegroom Praises the Bride

The Beloved

Behold, (A)you are fair, my love!
Behold, you are fair!
You have dove’s eyes behind your veil.
Your hair is like a (B)flock of goats,
Going down from Mount Gilead.

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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)

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Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
(A)Your temples behind your veil
Are like a piece of pomegranate.

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Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
    your mouth(A) is lovely.(B)
Your temples behind your veil
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(C)

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(A)You are all fair, my love,
And there is no spot in you.

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You are altogether beautiful,(A) my darling;
    there is no flaw(B) in you.

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