The poetry takes the form of a dialogue between a husband (the king) and his wife (the Shulamite). We can divide the book into three sections: the courtship (1 : 1 – 3 : 5); the wedding (3 : 6 – 5 : 1); and the maturing marriage (5 : 2 – 8 : 14).
The song begins before the wedding, as the bride-to-be longs to be with her betrothed, and she looks forward to his intimate caresses. However, she advises letting love develop naturally, in its own time. The king praises the Shulamite’s beauty, overcoming her feelings of insecurity about her appearance. The Shulamite has a dream in which she loses Solomon and searches throughout the city for him. With the help of the city guards, she finds her beloved and clings to him, taking him to a safe place. Upon waking, she repeats her injunction not to force love.
On the wedding night, the husband again praises the beauty of his wife, and in highly symbolic language, the wife invites her spouse to partake of all she has to offer. They make love, and God blesses their union.
As the marriage matures, the husband and wife go through a difficult time, symbolized in another dream. In this second dream, the Shulamite rebuffs her husband, and he leaves. Overcome with guilt, she searches the city for him; but this time, instead of helping her, the guards beat her—symbolic of her pained conscience. Things end happily as the lovers reunite and are reconciled.
As the song ends, both the husband and wife are confident and secure in their love, they sing of the lasting nature of true love, and they yearn to be in each other’s presence.
Hebrew Original: The book’s Hebrew name is Shir HaShirim, which literally means “Song of Songs.” This is a Hebrew way of saying “the greatest song.”
English Tradition: Some English Bibles call it “Song of Solomon” because the text attributes the song to King Solomon (see 1 : 1: “The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s”).
Tagalog Translation: Filipino versions follow the more literal Hebrew title, Awit ng mga Awit, emphasizing its poetic superlative – “the most beautiful song.”
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