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gazing ... peering
The woman shows that she is excited to see the man come by using as few words as possible.
like a gazelle or a young stag
The woman imagines the man coming as fast as he can to be with her.
a gazelle
This is an animal that looks like a deer and moves quickly. Translate as in Song of Songs 2:7.
a young stag
"a young male deer"
look
"listen carefully" or "what I am about to say is important"
behind our wall
"on the other side of our wall." The woman is in a house and the man is outside the house.
our wall
The word "our" refers to the woman and the other people in the house with her.
gazing through the window
"he stares in through the windows"
peering through the lattice
"he peeks through the lattice". A cover for a window or some other entrance that someone has made by weaving long strips of wood together. Lattices have holes that people can look through.