5. in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman,from a loose woman with her smooth talk.
6. From a window in my house I looked through my screen.
7. I was looking at gullible peoplewhen I saw a young man without much sense among youths.
8. He was crossing a street near her cornerand walking toward her house
9. in the twilight,in the evening,in the dark hours of the night.
10. A woman with an ulterior motive meets him.She is dressed as a prostitute.
11. She is loud and rebellious.Her feet will not stay at home.
12. One moment she is out on the street,the next she is at the curb,on the prowl at every corner.
13. She grabs him and kisses him and brazenly says to him,
14. “I have some sacrificial meat.Today I kept my vows.
15. That’s why I came to meet you.Eagerly, I looked for you,and I’ve found you.
16. I’ve made my bed,with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
17. I’ve sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning.Let’s enjoy making love,
19. because my husband’s not home.He has gone on a long trip.
20. He took lots of money with him.He won’t be home for a couple of weeks.”