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 \s5
 \q1
-\v 7 Our leaders could be compared to snow or milk,
+\v 7 Our leaders are like pure snow or white milk,
 \q2  they were so clean and spotless.
-\q1 Their physical bodies were healthy,
-\q2 and their health and strength could compare
-\q2 to the brilliance and beauty of sapphires.
+\q1 Their bodies were healthy,
+\q2 pink like coral and brilliant like sapphires.
 \q1
-\v 8 But now their faces are blacker than soot,
-\q2 and no one recognizes them in the streets.
-\q1 Their skin has shriveled on their bones,
-\q2 and it has become as dry as a wooden stick.
+\v 8 Our leaders faces are blacker than soot,
+\q2 and no one recognizes them when they walk in the streets.
+\q1 Their skin was shriveled and it hung on their bones,
+\q2 and it became as dry as a stick of wood.
 
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