¹⁶ So ^(A)you will be delivered from the forbidden^[a] woman,
    from ^(B)the adulteress^[b] with ^(C)her smooth words,
¹⁷ who forsakes ^(D)the companion of her youth
    and forgets ^(E)the covenant of her God;

¹⁵ Drink ^(A)water from your own cistern,
    flowing water from your own well.
¹⁶ Should your ^(B)springs be scattered abroad,
    streams of water ^(C)in the streets?
^17 (D)Let them be for yourself alone,
    and not for strangers with you.
¹⁸ Let your ^(E)fountain be blessed,
    and ^(F)rejoice in ^(G)the wife of your youth,
¹⁹     a lovely ^(H)deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts ^(I)fill you at all times with delight;
    be intoxicated^[a] always in her love.
²⁰ Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with ^(J)a forbidden woman
    and embrace the bosom of ^(K)an adulteress?^[b]