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# Listen, daughter
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The writer begins to speak to the queen and refers to her as "daughter" because she is a young woman.
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# incline your ear
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The writer speaks of listening carefully to something as if it were bending one's ear towards the person who is speaking. Alternate translation: "listen carefully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# forget your own people
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The writer speaks of the queen no longer following the beliefs and customs of her native people as if it were forgetting them. Alternate translation: "no longer follow the customs of your people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# your father's house
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Here the word "house" refers to family. Alternate translation: "your relatives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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