The woman invites the man to go with her to those fertile regions of the countryside where his own desire for her was first kindled (Song of Solomon 6:11; Song of Solomon 7:12), so that they may consummate their love again.1 The cultivated fields and gardens in the countryside are the places of intimacy in the Song, in contrast to the city. This is an invitation to sexual intimacy.2 The Hebrew word lyn, translated here as lodge,
normally means to spend the night
(see Song of Solomon 1:13 where it is translated as lie
). She is inviting him to spend the night in intimacy with her.3
11 Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages;