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1.2 KiB
See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism
I am just a flower of in a plain
The woman compares herself with a flower in a plain in order to emphasize that she is a common and delicate girl from the countryside that does not deserve the enormous amount of attention that her lover is giving to her. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
a plain
an area of land that is flat, has no trees, and grows many different kinds of grasses and flowers
just a lily in a valley
The woman compares herself with a lily in a valley for the same reason that she compared herself with a flower in a plain.
lily
a sweet smelling flower that is shaped like a trumpet
a valley
This refers to a very large flat area between mountains.
As a lily...my countrymen
The man means that the woman is far more beautiful and precious than all the other young women, just as a lily is far more beautiful and precious than all of the thorn bushes that might surround it. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
my love
See how you translated this in Song of Solomon 1:9.
the daughters of my countrymen
"other young women"