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Three subsequent rhyming stanzas describe a woman waiting for her beloved to return from "The Lands of Warmth" and bring her back figs, dates and a golden apple, symbolizing the sweet longing she has endured. Incidentally, the song has an alternate title: "Peiroth Hamisha-Asar" ("Fruits of the Fifteenth"). This reference, of course, is to the holiday of Tu Besh'vat, the new fruit-filled birthday of trees that falls on the fifteenth of the Hebrew month of Sh'vat, usually around January or February.

The stanza alludes to the 14 years Jacob worked for Laban to marry Leah and Rahel, and clearly plays on the commentary that Rahel's beauty was superior to Leah's only because of her eyes. The song is essentially a fusion of art and biblical tradition.

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) has inspired the romantic, linguistic and dramatic Jewish imagination for centuries. And Hebrew, of all languages, has the unique ability to play on biblical syntax, whether in High Holiday liturgy, beloved radio hits or Nobel Prize-winning literature. Of course, to appreciate the overlap of biblical and modern Hebrew, one must possess at least a working knowledge of Hebrew and Tanakh. For those who do, and who care, the rewards can be great.