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So 2:8-6:3 MEMORIES AND DREAMS

Springtime and night-time (So 2:8-3:5)

A fresh poem begins with the girl’s recalling the coming of her shepherd-lover across the hills to visit her at her house (So 2:8-9).

She remembers his words as he invited her to go with him to visit the fields and vineyards, where the dreariness of winter had passed and the new life of spring was bursting out (So 2:10-15).

But now she is alone again and he is in the fields looking after his sheep. She longs for the day when he will return to her (So 2:16-17).

Because she thought constantly about her lover by day, the girl often dreamt about him at night. On one occasion she dreamt that she was walking around the streets of her home town looking for him. When, to her delight, she found him, she immediately took him back to her family home (So 3:1-4).

She adds her reminder that, when two people have such love for each other, it does no good to stir up their feelings further (So 3:5).