Who proceed (lit., for whom it is enough) with wholeheartedness, it is written: We walked with Him with an innocent heart, in the way of those who act from love; and we relied upon Him not to burden us with something that we would not be able to withstand.

You have ravished my heart: You have brought me close.

At first: With the acceptance that you accepted, it is one with them. But at the end, when you performed [the commandments], there are two.

Insolent (aluvah, which is usually translated as forlorn): Audacious, as ulbana is an expression of audacity. And so did it say in Tractate Gittin.

Who is promiscuous under her wedding canopy: Like Israel, when they stood at [Mount] Sinai and made a calf.

At his table (lit., at his feast): At his wedding.

But the affection is still upon us: Even though Scripture is recounting our disgrace, it showed us an expression of love; as it did not write, "reeked."

Gave: He left his good fragrance for others.

Those who are insulted (aluvim) and do not insult: Others come to them with audacity; but not they, to others.

Who act out of love of the Omnipresent and are joyful in suffering: Regarding the insult (audacity) that comes to them.

A great host: All of the nations.

Just as a hammer: The rock divides through it into several fragments.

To those who are right-handed: Who are occupied with all of their strength and exerting [themselves] to know its secret, like someone who uses his right hand, which is the main one.

Two crowns are tied: To the utterance, which had substance and was seen - as it is written (Exodus 20:16), "saw the sounds."

Even though my beloved causes me suffering and bitterness: With the calf, when He said, "Remove your ornaments."

He lies between my breasts: He said immediately to make Him a tabernacle, to make His Divine Presence contract between the two poles which appeared - in the first Temple - like two breasts pushing and protruding into the curtain across from the opening.

Ein Gedi (lit., Spring of the Kid): The iniquity (avon, the spelling of which is similar to Ein) of the calf, which is a type of domesticated beast. A different thing (another explanation): It is an expression of idolatry (as in Isaiah 65:11) - "who set a table for Luck" (Gad, a deity).

That I collected: That I gathered, to lust after many gods - as it is written (Exodus 32:4), "These are your gods. O Israel."

That koremim upon it: Upon which we gather clothes. And it is a long plank with many holes piercing it; and one places the incense under it and the clothes become fragrant through the holes. We follow the version [that has], "a term of gathering."

Pass one [at a time]: To the Garden of Eden.

Flowing myrrh: From His passing them.

A bountiful rain: It is written in the book of Psalms regarding the giving of the Torah.

Twelve mil: This was the measure of their camps. So the ones closest to the utterance would retreat from fear of the sound to the end of the camp.

Walked them: They assisted them to come close a little at a time, as they were weak. This is like a woman who walks her child at the beginning of his walking.

Yidodun: This implies they were walking themselves.

Yedadun: Walking others.

974 generations: In the two thousand years that the Torah preceded the world, these generations were destined to be created, as it is stated (Psalms 105:8), "the word He commanded for a thousand generations." But the Holy One, blessed be He, saw that the world did not survive so well without Torah, so He passed them up and did not create them, but gave it to the twenty-sixth generation. So behold that 974 were missing from the thousand.

How glorious is Your name: It is too glorious in the Earth, so it is not appropriate for You to place Your majesty there, but rather upon the heavens.

Pires Shaddai meZiv (God spread His radiance): It is an acronym of parshaz (spreads).