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Share(ב) אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר ק֣וֹל ׀ דּוֹדִ֣י דוֹפֵ֗ק פִּתְחִי־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ נִמְלָא־טָ֔ל קְוֻצּוֹתַ֖י רְסִ֥יסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃
(2) aIn vv. 2–8 the maiden relates a dream.I was asleep,
But my heart was wakeful.
Hark, my beloved knocks!
“Let me in, my own,
My darling, my faultless dove!
For my head is drenched with dew,
My locks with the damp of night.”
(א) אֲנִי יְשֵׁנָה. כְּשֶׁהָיִיתִי שְׁלֵוָה וּשְׁקֵטָה בְּבַיִת רִאשׁוֹן, נוֹאַשְׁתִּי מֵעֲבֹד הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא כִּישֵׁנָה וְנִרְדָּמֶת:
(1) I slept. When I was confident and calm in the first Beis Hamikdosh, I despaired of worshiping the Holy One, Blessed Is He, as one who slumbers and falls fast asleep. (2) But my heart was awake. This is the Holy One, Blessed Is He. This is expounded in the Pesikta.9Alternatively, ולבי ער, refers to the prophets and the sages who were constantly exhorting and rousing the Bnei Yisroel to rise from their spiritual sluggishness. (Sforno)