## 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"