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The adult woman turns toward a distant circle of observers, a restrained flowing dance-like stance, no invented ceremony.
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Song of Songs 7:1

Return Shulammite

Desire and the Vineyards · Song of Songs 7

Story guide: Plural voices call the Shulammite back so they can look at her, and a question follows about that gaze and a dance. Notice her turning toward the observers. The picture gives the exchange a sense of movement, while the poem leaves the replying speaker and the precise dance reference uncertain.

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1Come back, come back, Shulammite! Come back, come back, so that we may look at you. Why do you look at the Shulammite as at the dance of Mahanaim?

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