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The lover continues to describe the one he loves.

head on you is like Carmel

​ The woman is compared to Mount Carmel that rises up above everything else around it. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

dark purple

Possible translations are 1) "dark black" or 2) "dark red."

The king is held captive by its tresses

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. You can also translate this word as "locks" or "curls" or "ringlets."