The request that the woman open her door to let the man in suggests the desire for physical intimacy.1 But it is a request, not a demand. He speaks to her with great tenderness as my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one
.2 What is at one level a dream about the opening (or not) of a door is in fact at another level a dream about sexual intimacy (or not) between the two lovers.3
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.