Female lover
“The voice of my beloved!
Look!
He comes
Leaping upon the mountains,
Bounding over the hills.
My beloved is
Like a gazelle,
Like a young stag.
Look!
There he stands
Behind our wall,
Gazing in at the windows,
Looking through the lattice.”
This female lover cries out that her beloved has come leaping over the mountains and bounding over hills, like a super hero. Her beloved is like a gazelle or antelope. He is like a young deer, a young stag. Suddenly he is behind the wall, gazing in at her window through the lattice, like our venetian blinds. This young stud has come to pay a visit, but stands outside peeking in, like a peeping Tom.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 