7 Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? 8 If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds. 9 I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
Song of Solomon 1:7–9
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