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 \sp The woman speaking to the man
 \q We are glad; We rejoice about you;
 \q let us praise your love; it is better than wine.
-\q It is right for the other women to adore you.
+\q It is right for the other women to love you.
 
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 \sp The woman speaking to the other women
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 \q
 \v 4 It was only a little while after I had passed them
 \q that I found him whom my soul loves.
-\q I held him and would not let him go
+\q I held on to him and would not let him go
 \q until I had brought him into my mother's house,
 \q into the bedroom of the one who had conceived me.
 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
 \q
 \v 7 The watchmen found me as they were making their rounds in the city.
 \q They struck me and wounded me;
-\q the guards on the walls took away my cloak from me.
+\q the guards on the walls took my cloak away from me.
 
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 \sp The woman speaking to the women of the city
@@ -515,9 +515,9 @@
 \v 8 There are sixty queens, eighty concubines,
 \q and young women without number.
 \q
-\v 9 My dove, my undefiled, is the only one;
+\v 9 My dove, my perfect one, is the only one;
 \q she is the only daughter of her mother;
-\q she is the favorite one of the woman who bore her.
+\q she is the pure child of the woman who bore her.
 \q The young women saw her and called her blessed;
 \q the queens and the concubines saw her also, and they praised her:
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
 \q
 \v 10 "Who is this who appears like the dawn,
 \q as beautiful as the moon,
-\q as bright as the sun,
+\q as pure as the sun,
 \q as awe-inspiring as an army with its banners?"
 
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@@ -537,8 +537,9 @@
 \q to see whether the vines had budded,
 \q and whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
 \q
-\v 12 I was so happy that I felt
-\q I was riding in the chariot of a prince.
+\v 12 I did not know when
+\q my soul placed me 
+\q on the chariots of my noble people.
 
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 \sp The friends speaking to the woman
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@
 \q
 \v 8 I said, "I want to climb that palm tree;
 \q I will take hold of its branches."
-\q May your breasts be like clusters of grapes,
+\q May your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
 \q and may the fragrance of your nose be like apricots.
 
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@@ -652,7 +653,7 @@
 \sp The woman speaking to the other women
 \q
 \v 4 I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem,
-\q that you will not stir up or awaken love 
+\q that you will not awaken or arouse love 
 \q until it pleases.
 
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