15Therefore came I forth to meet thee,—Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee!
16I have spread my bed with coverlets, With tapestry of the thread of Egypt.
17I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with caresses.
19For the good-man is not at home; He is gone a long journey;
20He hath taken a purse of money with him; At the day of the full moon he will return.”
21By her much fair speech she seduced him; By the smoothness of her lips she drew him away.