1. Cantique des Cantiques 2:10 (NEG79)
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Why does the woman's beloved call on her to come away with him?

Cantique des Cantiques 2:10 (NEG79)

10 Mon bien-aimé parle et me dit: Lève-toi, mon amie, ma belle, et viens!

The young woman now includes in her poem her beloved’s words (Song of Solomon 2:10–14). Instead of coming inside to her, he is calling his love, his beautiful one, to come outside and to go away with him to a place where they can be together. The implication being that the stage their relationship is in has frustrating barriers to intimacy.