“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.”
The lover concludes his spring invitation by declaring the beloved to arise and come, calling her 'my dove' and inviting her to reveal her face and let him hear her voice, establishing sensory encounter—sight and sound—as the culmination of their meeting. The designation 'my dove' echoes the earlier praise of her eyes but now establishes her as belonging to him through the possessive form, suggesting that erotic union is marked by mutual belonging. The request to hear her voice suggests that verbal communication and the sharing of thoughts and feelings are integral to erotic union, not merely incidental to it. This verse theologically suggests that authentic love involves the whole person—body, face, voice, and presence—and that erotic encounter encompasses communication and recognition rather than silent or wordless union.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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