⁶ At the window of my house
    I looked down through the lattice.
⁷ I saw among the simple,
    I noticed among the young men,
    a youth who had no sense.^(A)
8 He was going down the street near her corner,
    walking along in the direction of her house
⁹ at twilight,^(B) as the day was fading,
    as the dark of night set in.

¹⁰ Then out came a woman to meet him,
    dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
¹¹ (She is unruly^(C) and defiant,
    her feet never stay at home;
¹² now in the street, now in the squares,
    at every corner she lurks.)^(D)
13 She took hold of him^(E) and kissed him
    and with a brazen face she said:^(F)