en_tn/sng/07/05.md

# General Information:

The man continues to describe the woman.

# Your head is on you like Carmel

Mount Carmel is higher than everything else around it. The man wants to look at the woman's head more than at anything else. AT: "Your head is on you like a crown, higher than anything else" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# dark purple

Other possible translations are 1) "dark black" or 2) "dark red."

# The king is held captive by its tresses

This can be translated in active form. 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]])

# tresses

the clusters of hair that hang down from a woman's head.

# love

"you whom I love" or "you who are loved"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/carmel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/purple]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/captive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/beloved]]