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I went out at the east gate, |
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Where the girls were in clouds. |
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Although they are like clouds, |
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It is not on them that my thoughts rest. |
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She in the thin white silk, and the grey coiffure, -- |
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She is my joy! |
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I went out by the tower on the covering wall, |
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Where the girls were like flowering rushes. |
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Although they are like flowering rushes, |
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It is not of them that I think. |
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She in the thin white silk, and the madder-[dyed coiffure], -- |
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It is she that makes me happy! |