Now the young man speaks back:
\n1:15 Ah, you are beautiful, my love;
\nah, you are beautiful;
\nyour eyes are doves.
\nThey are in a dialogue now of mutual admiration, an admiration time that evokes delight in their love for one another.
\n“Ah” could be translated “Look at you!” “You are beautiful” he says to her. He is amazed and delighted in the amazement. He doubles his lines.
\n“Your eyes are doves” — soft, cooing, gentle, beautiful. Her eyes speak to him of these things. They talk. The dove is the image of love; it is the love bird.
\nShe speaks back to his charming words about her:
\n1:16 Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved,
\ntruly lovely.
\nOur couch is green;
\n17 \t\tthe beams of our house are cedar,
\nour rafters are pine.
\nShe says the same of him, “You are beautiful, too.” Captured by his loving beauty and their delight, she looks to the bed …
\nThe “couch is green” suggests earthiness and we are led to ask “Are they in the woods?” Is she looking up to see cedar and pine trees as the canopy under which their grassy bed sits? Or, does his presence with her convert space into Eden?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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