3. Bind them on your forearm;write them on the tablet of your heart.
4. Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”and call understanding a close relative,
5. so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman,from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.
6. For at the window of my housethrough my window lattice I looked out
7. and I saw among the naive – I discerned among the youths – a young man who lacked wisdom.
8. He was passing by the street near her corner,making his way along the road to her house
9. in the twilight, the evening,in the dark of the night.
10. Suddenly a woman came out to meet him!She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
11. (She is loud and rebellious,she does not remain at home –
12. at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas,and by every corner she lies in wait.)
13. So she grabbed him and kissed him,and with a bold expression she said to him,
14. “I have fresh meat at home;today I have fulfilled my vows!
15. That is why I came out to meet you,to look for you, and I found you!
16. I have spread my bed with elegant coverings,with richly colored fabric from Egypt.
17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.