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What does Song of Solomon 2:17 mean?

Until the day cools down and the shadows disappear, turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the rugged hills. Song of Solomon 2:17 - Modern Text Bible

(She asks him to return to her when the time is right, using the image of a deer on the hills as a symbol of longing and anticipation.)