Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. Others We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you. She
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. (d) The faithful confess that they cannot come to Christ, unless they are drawn. (e) Meaning the secret joy that is not known to the world.
Sol 1:4 The second pentastich also begins with a solo: 4 Draw me, so will we run after thee. All recent interpreters (except Böttcher) translate, like Luther, “Draw me after thee, so we run.” Thus also the Targ., but doubtfully: Trahe nos post te et curremus post viam bonitatis tuae.