Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves. The first clause marks the insatiable lust and abundance of the loves; the second, their sweetness. The Hebrew for "love" ( dodiym (H1730)) is distinct from that for "loves" ( 'aahaabiym (H159)). Let us take our fill of (or let us make ourselves drunk with) blandishments; let us exhilarate ourselves with loves.

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