Article 4 of 13 in the series Song of Solomon
Third Song: 2:8-17
The groom’s call to “come away” and the bride’s response
| Voice | Narrative |
|---|---|
| Bride | 2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. 2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, |
| Groom | 2:10 Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 2:13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. |
| Companions | 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. |
| Bride | 2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. |
Having just expressed her unquestionable love for her beloved, the bride commences this third song by telling us that her beloved is coming. It is a scene of delight and animation. It…
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