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We love books. Tell us about your favourite books and authors, and why they are so good. And while you're at it - having dined out for years on the time I threw Dan Brown out of a train window - tell us who to avoid.

(, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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Your guess is as good as anyone's
I've no idea how it translates from the Hebrew, and I'm no bible scholar. For what it's worth, my opinion is that this bowel movement has nothing to do with the modern English euphamism, and that 'the hand on the whole of the door' is more likely to be a literal description than a metaphorical one. So I reckon the line means somthing simple like "my heart stirred when he entered my room".

I'm glad you liked it. I'm not particularly fussed about the religious implications or the translation history, but think it's one of the best love poems in the English language. You should listen to Bob Dylan's song the Changing of the Guards, which is a clever re-working of the imagery from the Song of Solomon.
(, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 9:53, Reply)

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