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## My beloved is mine ##
"My beloved belongs to me"
## and I am his ##
"and I belong to him"
## he grazes ##
"feeds" or "eats grass." The woman compares her beloved with an animal that eats plants among the lilies, like a gazelle or young stag.
## dawn ##
the part of the day when the sun is rising
## the shadows flee away ##
The woman describes the shadows as though they were running away from the light of the sun. AT: "the shadows disappear." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
## like a gazelle or a young stag ##
See how you translated this in [Song of Solomon 2:8](./08.md).
## gazelle ##
a type of slender deer-like animal with long curved horns
## stag ##
an adult male deer
## rugged ##
"rocky" or "rough"