“I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;”
The lover declares that he will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit, establishing his intention to ascend the beloved's form and to possess the fruits of her body in sexual union. The climbing imagery suggests active pursuit and effort to reach the beloved, establishing that sexual access requires the lover's ascent and engagement. The promise to 'lay hold of' the beloved's fruits establishes the lover's intention to take what is offered and to consume the pleasure available through union with the beloved. This verse theologically suggests that sexual union involves the lover's active engagement and his ascent toward the beloved, and that such union is characterized as the taking and consuming of fruit.
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