7:6 For at the window of my house

through my window lattice I looked out

7:7 and I saw among the naive –

I discerned among the youths ¹  –

a young man ²  who lacked wisdom. ³ 

7:8 He was passing by the street near her corner,

making his way ⁴  along the road to her house ⁵ 

7:9 in the twilight, the evening, ⁶ 

in the dark of the night. ⁷ 

7:10 Suddenly ⁸  a woman came out to meet him!

She was dressed like a prostitute ⁹  and with secret intent. ¹⁰ 

7:11 (She is loud and rebellious,

she ¹¹  does not remain ¹²  at home –

7:12 at one time outside, at another ¹³  in the wide plazas,

and by every corner she lies in wait.)

7:13 So she grabbed him and kissed him,

and with a bold expression ¹⁴  she said to him,

7:14 “I have ¹⁵  fresh meat at home; ¹⁶ 

today I have fulfilled my vows!

7:15 That is why I came out to meet you,

to look for you, ¹⁷  and I found you!

7:16 I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, ¹⁸ 

with richly colored fabric ¹⁹  from Egypt.

7:17 I have perfumed my bed

with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

7:18 Come, let’s drink deeply ²⁰  of lovemaking ²¹  until morning,

let’s delight ourselves ²²  with sexual intercourse. ²³ 

7:19 For my husband ²⁴  is not at home; ²⁵ 

he has gone on a journey of some distance.

7:20 He has taken a bag of money with him; ²⁶ 

he will not return until ²⁷  the end of the month.” ²⁸ 

7:21 She persuaded him ²⁹  with persuasive words; ³⁰ 

with her smooth talk ³¹  she compelled him. ³² 

7:22 Suddenly he went ³³  after her

like an ox that goes to the slaughter,

like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare ³⁴ 

7:23 till an arrow pierces his liver ³⁵  –

like a bird hurrying into a trap,

and he does not know that it will cost him his life. ³⁶