Maggie's Farm

We can excuse some poetic license given the beautiful imagery of the original.... Notice that in the original the pronoun "it" appears instead of "he" - which supports the traditional interpretation of this book as an allegory of G-d and Israel, and the giving of the Torah.

8. The voice of my beloved, here it comes, skipping on the mountains, bounding on the heights.

9. My beloved is like a deer or cantering stag, here it is, standing behind our (stone) walls, looking in from the windows, peering from the cracks.

10. My beloved answered/called and said to me, arise, my companion, my beauty, and come/walk ye.
(the word for "answered" implies repeated calls/entreaties)

11. For autumn has past, the rain has passed and gone.
(only 2 major seasons in Israel - rainy winter, dry summer)

12. The sprouts/seedlings appear in the land, the time of pruning has come, the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

(The word "zamir" can refer to a species of songbird, to song in general, or to pruning fruit trees and grapevines.)

13. The fig has set its fruits, and the blossoming vines give forth fragrance. Arise ye, my companion, my beauty, and walk/come forth.

(It will still be some time before the figs actually ripen here, in the heat of summer. This word refers to the first swelling of fertilized fruits.)