Song of Solomon

{ACT 3 (Chapter 4, 1:1 - 7:9)
 PALACE OF JERUSALEM. SOLOMON WOOS SHULAMITE WOMAN BUT SHE REMAINS OCCUPIED WITH HER SHEPHERD LOVER}

Chapter 4
[S to SW]1~~ "Behold, thou art very beautiful, my love.
  {The Shulamite woman is NOT Solomon's love at all really -
  this is the arrogance of the 'wolf' personality}
Behold, thou art fair."
  {Solomon is pouring it on thick. He is over-complimenting}

[S to SW]~~ "Thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks"

{Note: Her face has symmetry - her frame of hair and eyes - compliment each other beautifully.}

[S to SW]~~"Thy hair is like a flock of goats,
that appear from mount Gilead."

{Note: Dark haired goats contrasted to the mountainside, blue sky above - beautiful colored hair}

[S to SW]~~2 "Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep
that are even shorn,
which came up from the washing;
whereof every one bear twins,
and none is barren among them."

{Note: She has even, white teeth and is missing none which is very unusual for this day.}

[S]3~~ "Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet
  {beautiful colored lips},
and thy speech is beautiful;
thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate
  {symmetry inside the fruit}
within thy locks."

[S]4~~ "Thy neck is like the tower of David
  {again beautiful symmetry - perfect for her face and body}
built for an armory,
whereon there hang a thousand bucklers,
all shields of mighty men."
  {anything she wears on her neck is beautiful}

[S]5~~ "Thy two breasts are like two young roes
that are twins
  {well matched},
which feed among the lilies."

[SW]6~~ "Until the day break,
and the shadows flee away,
I will get me to the mountain of myrrh,
and to the hill of frankincense."

{Note: She will remember her SL to protect her-fragrance of memories!}

[S]7~~ "You . . . completely beautiful, my love
  {Solomon's egoism showing again};
there is no spot in thee."

{NOte: Her soul and body match in excellent beauty per Solomon}.

[S]8~~ "Come with me from Lebanon, my bride."

{Note" Solomon is taking credit to himself - SW is NOT his bride in reality- Solomon assumes no woman would ever turn down his proposal of marriage.}

[S]~~ "With me from Lebanon,
look from the top of Amana,
from the top of Shenir and Hermon,
from the lions' dens,
from the mountains of the leopards."

{Note: Solomon apparently has 5 lodges where he is saying he will take her on the honeymoon - doesn't ask HER where she wants to go - HE wants to go to the mountains!}

[S]9~~{WHY he wants to marry her - she has robbed his heart} "Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister
  {means 'woman'},
my bride.
Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes
  {the way she looks},
with one chain of thy neck."
  {the styles she wears}

[S]10~~ "How beautiful is thy love, my sister, my spouse!"

{Note: He assumes she is responding to him even though he has given her nothing from which to respond.}

[S]~~"How much better is thy love than wine!
And the smell of thine ointments than all spices!"
  {she smells good!}

[S]11~~ "Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb."
  {thinking of having a kiss with her}

[S] ~~"Honey and milk are under thy tongue
  {they French kissed in those days}."

[S] ~~" And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon."

[S]12~~"A garden enclosed is my sister, my bride;
a spring closed up, a fountain sealed."
  {means he thinks she is a virgin}

[S]13-15~~{S has worked himself up to passion though she has not responded to him} "Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates,
with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard.
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes,
with all the chief spices."

{NOte: Half these things Solomon likes to eat, other half he likes to smell - all relates to passion.}

[S]~~ "A fountain of gardens,
a well of living waters,
and streams from Lebanon."

[SW]16~~ {As she pushes Solomon away }
"Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south;
blow upon my garden,
that the spices thereof may flow out."
  {and cool this guy off!}

[SW]~~"Let my beloved come into his garden,
and eat his pleasant fruits."

{Note: SW is thinking of, and only wants, her right man - SL}