In response to his praise of her beauty, the young woman uses a similar comparison to describe him. He too stands out in her assessment of him. He is like an apple tree among the other ordinary trees. Unlike all the other trees in a forest, an apple tree is fragrant and bears fruit. It is vibrant and fertile.1
3 Comme un pommier au milieu des arbres de la forêt, Tel est mon bien-aimé parmi les jeunes hommes. J'ai désiré m'asseoir à son ombre, Et son fruit est doux à mon palais.