¹⁵ Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:

¹³ So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

¹⁴ I have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected.

¹⁵ So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.

²⁵ Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

²⁶ For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.

²⁷ Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.

²⁷ For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

²⁸ Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.