Sayto wisdom,"You are my sister,"And callunderstanding[your] intimatefriend;
If I callto the pit,'You are my father;To the worm,'my motherand my sister';
Bindthem on your fingers;Writethem on the tabletof your heart.
That they may keepyou from an adulteress,From the foreignerwho flatterswith her words.
"Ohthat you were like a brotherto me Who nursedat my mother'sbreasts.[If] I foundyou outdoors,I would kissyou; Noone would despiseme, either.
