¹⁵ Drink water from your own cistern
    and flowing waters from inside your own well.
¹⁶ Shall your springs be scattered outward?
    In the streets, shall there be streams of water?
¹⁷ May they be yours alone,
    and not for strangers who are with you.
¹⁸ May your fountain be blessed,
    and rejoice in the wife^[a] of your youth.
¹⁹ She is a deer of love and a doe of grace;
    may her breasts satisfy you always;^[b]
    by her love may you be intoxicated continually.

¹⁶ A woman of grace receives honor,
    but the ruthless gets wealth.

²² A ring of gold in the snout of a pig
    is a woman who is beautiful but without discretion.