# My beloved is mine

"My beloved belongs to me". The woman speaks about the man.

# I am his

"I belong to him"

# he grazes

"feeds" or "eats grass." The woman speaks of the man as if he were "a gazelle or a young stag" (verse 17). Grazing is probably a metaphor for lovemaking (Song of Songs 2:1-2).

# lilies

sweet-smelling flowers that grow in places where there is much water.