Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageAwaken, O north wind! Come, south wind! Breathe over my garden — let its fragrance stream free. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its sweetest fruits.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GArise, O north wind — come, O south wind! Breathe upon my garden; let its spices flow. Let my beloved come to his garden and eat its choicest fruits.
KJV
King James VersionAwake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleAwake, 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.
Footnotes
The speaker shifts here to the beloved (the woman) — she calls the winds to awaken the garden's fragrance, then profoundly gives the garden away: 'my garden' becomes 'his garden,' an act of total self-offering. הָפִיחִי (hafichi, 'breathe/blow upon') shares the root נָפַח with the breath of life in creation (Gen. 2:7) and the four winds summoned over Ezekiel's valley of dry bones (Ezek. 37:9). The north and south winds together suggest totality — all of creation's breath summoned to awaken this garden, echoing the Spirit brooding over the waters before new creation.
