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My lover is like a gazelle[a]
    or a young stag.
See! He is standing behind our wall,
    gazing through the windows,
    peering through the lattices.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Gazelle: a frequent motif in ancient poems from Mesopotamia.

My beloved is like a gazelle(A) or a young stag.(B)
    Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    peering through the lattice.

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