“The bride dwells in the gardens, because the holy Church, or any holy soul, turns its mind to the fruitfulness of virtues. The bridegroom desires to hear her voice, because it pleases Christ above all that every perfect man should admonish the weak with the word of holy preaching. For the friends listen, because the f…”
Robert of Tombelaine, 11th c. — Commentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 8
Original
13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
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In context
11Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
— Song of Solomon 8:13 —
14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.