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543 B
543 B
See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism
you were like my brother
The woman wishes that she could show her lover her affection in public as she could do her brother. She is not saying that a woman is allowed to make love with her brother. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
you outside
"you in public"
I could kiss you
A woman would probably kiss her brother on his cheek in order to greet him.
would despise me
"would make me feel ashamed"