What is the meaning of "Hinei Yafah Dodi"?
Rashi: The beauty is not mine, rather, Yours; You are the beautiful one!
Seforno: In any case it will help us - it will widen our hearts when Your honor goes among us, like of old.
Malbim (Melitzah): The Nefesh responds, my Beloved, also you are beautiful in these two ways! (a) Elokus outside the Nefesh. The beauty found in the order of existence is primarily in You. You are its source. It spreads from the source to the Klal of existence. (b) Elokus in the Nefesh. Refer to 1:16:2:3.
Malbim (Mashal): She says, my beloved, your form is beautiful, and your perfection.
What is "Af Na'im"?
Rashi: You passed over my sin and put Your Shechinah amidst me. This is the praise of the fire descending - "va'Yar Kol ha'Am va'Yaronu" (Vayikra 9:24).
Seforno: You will pardon and lead us, like of old.
Malbim (Melitzah): Nefashos feel sweetness and the most complete worth.
Why does it say "Af Arsenu Ra'ananah"?
Rashi: Via Your pleasantness, our bed is fresh with our sons and daughters. All of them gather to You here - "va'Tikahel ha'Edah
Sifsei Chachamim: Before Bayis Sheni was built, there were about 40,000 Jews [in Eretz Yisrael - Ezra 2:64]. After it was built, they multiplied - there were 600,000 cities [in Har ha'Melech], and each had 600,000 people (Gitin 57a. There is no proof according to Maharal, who says that it was proper to have so many cities there. We do not find that the Mishkan caused Yisrael to multiply - the number of men was a drop smaller at the end of the 40 years in the Midbar than at the start. Based on Shabbos 89b and Rashi there, it seems that almost all the males born in the Midbar were conceived after Matan Torah, before the Mishkan! - PF)
