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## My beloved is mine ##
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"My beloved belongs to me"
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## and I am his ##
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"and I belong to him"
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## he grazes ##
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"feeds" or "eats grass." The woman compares her beloved with an animal that eats plants among the lilies, like a gazelle or young stag.
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## dawn ##
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the part of the day when the sun is rising
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## the shadows flee away ##
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The woman describes the shadows as though they were running away from the light of the sun. AT: "the shadows disappear." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## like a gazelle or a young stag ##
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See how you translated this in [Song of Solomon 2:8](./08.md).
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## gazelle ##
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a type of slender deer-like animal with long curved horns
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## stag ##
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an adult male deer
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## rugged ##
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"rocky" or "rough"
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