Say to wisdom, “You are my sister.” Give the name “my relative” to understanding
if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘You are my mother and sister,’
Tie them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk.
If only you were my brother, one who nursed at my mother’s breasts. If I saw you on the street, I would kiss you, and no one would look down on me.