This poem (Song of Solomon 5:2–8) deliberately mirrors the poem in Song of Solomon 3:1–5. The big change that has taken place in the young woman’s relationship with her beloved since the poem in Song of Solomon 3:1–5 is of course their wedding, and the consummation of their marriage in Song of Solomon 4:1 – 5:2.
Everything before the central section of Song of Solomon 4:1 – 5:2 describes the lovers' experience in the build-up to their wedding and consummation, and everything that follows describes their experience after the wedding and consummation.
2 J'étais endormie, mais mon cœur veillait… C'est la voix de mon bien-aimé, qui frappe: Ouvre-moi, ma sœur, mon amie, Ma colombe, ma parfaite! Car ma tête est couverte de rosée, Mes boucles sont pleines des gouttes de la nuit.