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- See: en:ta:vol2:translate:writing_poetry and :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism
- you were like my brother - The woman wishes that she could show her lover her affection in public as she could do her brother. She is not saying that a woman is allowed to make love with her brother. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_simile)
- you outside - "you in public"
- I could kiss you - A woman would probably kiss her brother on his cheek in order to greet him.
- would despise me - "would make me feel ashamed"