Passage

Taken into the chambers

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁴Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

Song of Songs 1:4World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

A voice asks to be drawn along, then speaks of the king bringing her into his chambers.

To understand

The song shifts between a singular voice and a plural celebration. Love is praised above wine, while the next line speaks of being dark and beautiful.

A question

Where does the voice move from “me” to “we”?