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## Listen, daughter ##
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]])
## incline your ear ##
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]])
## forget your own people ##
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"
## In this way ##
AT: "and" or "so"
## the king will desire your beauty ##
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]])