The lover invites the beloved to rise and come away, declaring that winter is past and the rains are over and gone, establishing the beloved's awakening into erotic awareness as coinciding with the renewal of spring. The invitation to 'come away' suggests movement from domestic space into the larger world and landscape, indicating that the lovers' union will be expressed not merely in private but in engagement with creation. The meteorological imagery suggests both the clearing of obstacles and the renewal of life, implying that the season for love's full expression has arrived. This verse theologically suggests that erotic love participates in the cyclical renewal of creation, and that the lovers' union involves not withdrawal from the world but renewed engagement with it.

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