Lyrics · Song of Solomon
Arise, My Love
Song of Solomon 2:1-17
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This song belongs to the Song of Solomon collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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About the passage
Song of Solomon 2: The season opens, and love keeps its own time
Season, movement, and timing dominate Song Of Solomon 2. The lovers first answer each other through flowers, fruit, shade, sweetness, and an embrace, but the scene closes with a charge that love not be stirred before it desires. Then the beloved arrives with the speed of a gazelle, and spring itself seems to gather behind his invitation: winter is gone, birds are heard, figs form, and vines give their scent. Nearness is still not automatic. A hidden dove must be called into sight and sound, and tender vines require protection from small foxes. The woman then declares reciprocal belonging before addressing the swift beloved again across the mountains. The chapter is full of abundance, but it never confuses abundance with possession of the future. Love is alive, growing, vulnerable, and still capable of movement.
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