¹⁸ Let your ^(A)fountain be blessed,
    and ^(B)rejoice in ^(C)the wife of your youth,
¹⁹     a lovely ^(D)deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts ^(E)fill you at all times with delight;
    be intoxicated^[a] always in her love.
²⁰ Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with ^(F)a forbidden woman
    and embrace the bosom of ^(G)an adulteress?^[b]