Song of Solomon 4:16-5:1

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits. I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Song of Solomon 4

3 songs meet this passage

  • “Taking our time as our bodies join”

    Uhh Ahh · Boyz II Men

    resonates with Song of Solomon 4:16-5:1

    Scripture itself celebrates physical intimacy with warmth and poetry, affirming that desire between lovers isn't inherently shameful.

  • “I'll make love to you like you want me to”

    I'll Make Love to You · Boyz II Men

    resonates with Song of Solomon 4:16-5:1

    Scripture itself celebrates desire and physical intimacy as good within the covenant of marriage, which this song's tenderness echoes in form if not in stated context.

  • “I could eat that girl for lunch”

    LUNCH · Billie Eilish

    resonates with Song of Solomon 4:16

    Scripture itself uses eating and tasting as metaphors for romantic desire, so the hunger-as-attraction imagery isn't foreign to a biblical love song, though here it's untethered from covenant.

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