I've heard it explained that here Christ is the beloved and his bride is his church, in other words, the rest of us. Wow, can't anything just be poetry? If it were just a love song, I'd sing this to my dear husband but he's not really the type to go out into the fields.

Song of Solomon 7:11-13

Come, my beloved,
let us go out into the fields 
and lodge in the villages;
let us go out early to the vineyards 
and see whether the vines have budded,
whether the grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
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