“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.”
The beloved responds to the lover's elaborate praise by inviting the north wind and south wind to awaken and come to her garden, that its fragrance may spread forth, establishing her participation in the lover's vision of her as a garden and her willingness to offer herself to him. The invitation to winds suggests that the beloved desires to open herself and spread her fragrance widely, establishing her agency and active participation in the erotic exchange. The beloved's invitation transforms the lover's metaphor into her own action, suggesting that though he initiates praise, she actively participates in their erotic encounter. This verse theologically suggests that authentic erotic love involves the beloved's active participation and her own desire to open herself and offer herself to the lover.
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