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19 lines
740 B
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## Listen, daughter ##
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The author begins to speak to the queen and refers to her as a daughter because she is a young woman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
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## incline your ear ##
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Incline means to bend forward and describes a person who leans forward to listen better. AT: "listen carefully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## forget your own people ##
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This phrase asks the queen to forget the customs and beliefs of the queen's people. AT: "do not follow the customs of your people"
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## In this way ##
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AT: "and" or "so"
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## the king will desire your beauty ##
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This is a polite way to say that the king will to sleep with the queen as his wife. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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