This is the second verse in a five-verse verse-set that begins with 53,6 and is discussed by the commentators there. The 'he' is of course the Other , as we know from {53,6}. The lover recognizes the Other's behavior as hostile, though it is perhaps cloaked in the guise of helpfulness (he's kindly bearing a hopeful message promising the lover a meeting with her). Or else he might just be boasting (he's smugly reporting that the beloved has promised to meet with him). In either case, such a 'message' doesn't show that he really has the , the access, that he's claiming. He might simply be inventing it all, to glorify himself and/or to torment the lover. Moreover, the three constructions in a row add a large dollop of vagueness and pompousness-- how reliable after all is a 'message of a promise of a sight'? And is the unreliability that of the beloved, the Other, or (most likely) both of them? graphics/message.jpg