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The lover describes what he would like to do with the one he loves.
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## Your height is like that of a date palm tree ##
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"You stand up like a date palm tree." The woman is tall, stands straight, and is attractive just like a date palm. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## date palm tree ##
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a tall, straight tree that produces a sweet, brown, and sticky fruit that grows in groups
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## your breasts like clusters of fruit ##
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The dates on a palm tree grow in very large and beautiful bunches that hang down from the tree.
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## I want to climb...its branches ##
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The man wants to hold the woman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## May your breasts be like clusters of grapes ##
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The man wants to touch her breasts that are firm but soft just like grapes that are full of their juice.
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## may the fragrance of your nose be like apricots ##
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AT: "may the breath coming from your nose smell sweet like apricots."
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## apricots ##
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The word "apricots" refers to tasty, yellow-colored, sweet pieces of fruit.
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