689 B
689 B
The lover continues to describe the one he loves.
head on you is like Carmel
The woman is compared to Mount Carmel that rises up above everything else around it. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
dark purple
Possible translations are 1) "dark black" or 2) "dark red."
The king is held captive by its tresses
AT: "Your hair that hangs down is so beautiful that the king is not able to stop admiring it." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
tresses
the clusters of hair that hang down from a woman's head. You can also translate this word as "locks" or "curls" or "ringlets."