The lively interaction between the man and the woman continues as she now responds to his poem of praise and his desire to enjoy the delights she offers in Song of Solomon 7:1–9a.
The woman interrupts the man and completes the thought in Song of Solomon 7:9a.1 Her attention has been engaged by her beloved’s poem of admiration, so that she is no longer a dancer observed (if only in his mind) but a lover aroused. No sooner has the man expressed his own wish to taste her wine than she responds with the fervent hope that he will indeed enjoy it. That it will in fact flow over the lips of both lovers as they lie together.2 The exchange of pleasure in kissing is meant.3 The images of distance and inaccessibility that were created by her coldness towards him in Song of Solomon 5:2–8 are now bridged by the wine that flows from the lips of one to the other.4
9 Je me dis: Je monterai sur le palmier, J'en saisirai les rameaux! Que tes seins soient comme les grappes de la vigne, Le parfum de ton souffle comme celui des pommes,