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See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]
## For the chief musician; ##
"This is for the director of music to use in worship;"
## set to Shoshanim ##
This may refer to a style or the tune of the music. Sometimes it is translated as "set to the tune of 'Lilies.'"
## A psalm of the sons of Korah ##
"This is a psalm that the sons of Korah wrote."
## A maschil ##
This may refer to a style of music. See how you translated this in [Psalms 32:1](../032/001.md).
## A song of loves ##
"A love song"
## overflows ##
"is overwhelmed" or "is excited"
## a good subject ##
"a noble theme" or "a good word"
## composed ##
to have written or created a song
## my tongue is the pen of a ready writer ##
The author's tongue is compared to a pen. The author refers to himself by his tongue, because that is the part of his boy he speaks with. AT: "My tongue is like the pen of person who writes well" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
## You are fairer than the children of men ##
This phrase exaggerates how the king looks, saying that he is better looking than all the children born of men. AT: "you are better looking than most other children born of men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
## grace is poured onto your lips ##
The lips of the king refers to his ability to speak. Poured grace expresses that God has greatly blessed the king's ability to speak. AT: "you speak gracefully" or "you speak beautifully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])