Rendezvous in the Countryside

• 11 Come, my beloved, let us go out to the countryside ;[fn] let us spend the night[fn] in the villages.
• 12 Let us rise early to go[fn] to the vineyards; let us see whether the vine has budded,[fn]
• whether the grape blossom has opened,
  • and whether the pomegranates are in bloom ;[fn]
• there I will give my love to you.
  • 13 The mandrakes give off their fragrance, and over our doorway is every kind of delicious fruit ;[fn]
• both fresh and dried fruit I have stored up[fn] for you, O my beloved.