^{18 Ref} Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

^{19 Ref} As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

^{20 Ref} Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

^{18 Ref} Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

^{19 Ref} A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

^{20 Ref} And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

^{18 Ref} Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

^{19 Ref} Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

^{20 Ref} And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?