I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh. Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver. (Song of Songs 1: 9-11)

The Lover joins the song.

The lover perceives bridled energy and strength.

Another translation offers, "like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh." Does the lover also perceive some fear?

In either case the mare is possessed, adorned, and admired.

I resist being possessed.