4. Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”and call insight your intimate friend,
5. to keep you from the forbidden woman,from the adulteress with her smooth words.
6. For at the window of my houseI have looked out through my lattice,
7. and I have seen among the simple,I have perceived among the youths,a young man lacking sense,
8. passing along the street near her corner,taking the road to her house
9. in the twilight, in the evening,at the time of night and darkness.
10. And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
11. She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;
12. now in the street, now in the market,and at every corner she lies in wait.
13. She seizes him and kisses him,and with bold face she says to him,
14. “I had to offer sacrifices,and today I have paid my vows;
15. so now I have come out to meet you,to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16. I have spread my couch with coverings,colored linens from Egyptian linen;
17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,aloes, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;let us delight ourselves with love.
19. For my husband is not at home;he has gone on a long journey;