Female lover
“Let him kiss me
With the kisses of his mouth!
Your love is better than wine.
Your anointing oils are fragrant.
Your name is perfume poured out.
Therefore the maidens love you.
Draw me after you.
Let us make haste.
The king has brought me
Into his chambers.
We will exult in you.
We will rejoice in you.
We will extol your love
More than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
The opening prologue to this poetic love song is uttered by the female lover. These few verses are assigned to a female writer. This woman longs for her male lover. She wants him to kiss her on the mouth. His love is greater than wine. His oils are fragrant, sweet smelling. His name is like a poured out perfume. Obviously then, many maidens love him. However, she wants him to hurry up and bring her to his royal chambers because he seems to be the king or at least a prince. Together they would exult and rejoice in him. Once again, his love was greater than wine. It was obvious why the young girls loved him. This romantic love tale has been interpreted as an allegorical love between Yahweh and Israel, or later by the Christians as Christ and his church. However, the basic story is what it is.