15   Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
yatsa'³³¹⁸ qir'ah⁷¹²⁵ shachar⁷⁸³⁶ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ matsa'⁴⁶⁷²

16   I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
rabad⁷²³⁴ `eres⁶²¹⁰ marbad⁴⁷⁶⁵ chatubah²⁴⁰⁵ 'etuwn³³⁰ Mitsrayim⁴⁷¹⁴

17   I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
nuwph⁵¹³⁰ mishkab⁴⁹⁰⁴ more⁴⁷⁵³ 'ahaliym¹⁷⁴ qinnamown⁷⁰⁷⁶

18   Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
yalak³²¹² ravah⁷³⁰¹ dowd¹⁷³⁰ boqer¹²⁴² `alac⁵⁹⁶⁵ 'ohab¹⁵⁹

19   For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
'iysh³⁷⁶ bayith¹⁰⁰⁴ halak¹⁹⁸⁰ rachowq⁷³⁵⁰ derek¹⁸⁷⁰

20   He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
laqach³⁹⁴⁷ tsrowr⁶⁸⁷² keceph³⁷⁰¹ yad³⁰²⁷ bow'⁹³⁵ bayith¹⁰⁰⁴ yowm³¹¹⁷ kece'³⁶⁷⁷

21   With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
rob⁷²³⁰ leqach³⁹⁴⁸ natah⁵¹⁸⁶ cheleq²⁵⁰⁶ saphah⁸¹⁹³ nadach⁵⁰⁸⁰

22   He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
halak¹⁹⁸⁰ 'achar³¹⁰ pith'owm⁶⁵⁹⁷ showr⁷⁷⁹⁴ bow'⁹³⁵ tebach²⁸⁷⁴ 'eviyl¹⁹¹ muwcar⁴¹⁴⁸ `ekec⁵⁹¹⁴

23   Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
chets²⁶⁷¹ palach⁶³⁹⁸ kabed³⁵¹⁶ tsippowr⁶⁸³³ mahar⁴¹¹⁶ pach⁶³⁴¹ yada`³⁰⁴⁵ nephesh⁵³¹⁵