Wisdom & Poetry · 4 stories
Stories
The Beloved and His Bride
A lover calls his beloved to rise and come away into a world of blooming flowers, ripening figs, and sweet-smelling vines, for winter is past and spring has arrived; she answers that they belong wholly to each other and draws him close until the day cools and the shadows flee.
2 parts
The Beloved Garden
A lover pours out cascading praise over his bride, celebrates her as a locked garden of rare spices, and is finally welcomed in to taste all her fruits.
5 parts
The Beloved's Seeking and Praise
After hesitating at his midnight call, the beloved misses her lover, suffers searching the city, then moves the daughters of Jerusalem with her vivid portrait of him until they all resolve to seek him together.
4 parts
Song of Love and Longing
Lover and beloved exchange vivid praise and longing, then she invites him to the blossoming fields where she has kept every precious fruit for him.
3 parts