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Listen, daughter
The author begins to speak to the queen and refers to her as a daughter because she is a young woman. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe)
incline your ear
Incline means to bend forward and describes a person who leans forward to listen better. AT: "listen carefully" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
forget your own people
This phrase asks the queen to forget the customs and beliefs of the queen's people. AT: "do not follow the customs of your people"
In this way
AT: "and" or "so"
the king will desire your beauty
This is a polite way to say that the king will to sleep with the queen as his wife. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)