17. I have perfumed my bedwith myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18. Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;let’s enjoy ourselves with love!
19. My husband is not at home;he has gone on a long journey.
20. He took his purse filled with moneyand will not be home till full moon.’
21. With persuasive words she led him astray;she seduced him with her smooth talk.
22. All at once he followed herlike an ox going to the slaughter,like a deer stepping into a noose