¹My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

¹Wiilkaygiiyow, erayadayda xaji, Oo amarradaydana xaggaaga ku kaydso.

²Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

²Amarradayda xaji aad noolaatide, Oo sharcigaygana sida ishaada inankeeda u dhawr.

³Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

³Farahaaga ku xidho, Oo looxa qalbigaagana ku qoro.

⁴Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

⁴Waxaad xigmadda ku tidhaahdaa, Adigu waxaad tahay walaashay, Oo waxgarashadana waxaad ugu yeedhaa, saaxiibadday gacalisoy,

⁵that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

⁵Si ay iyagu kaaga celiyaan naagta qalaad, Taasoo erayadeeda kugu sasabata.

⁶For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

⁶Waayo, anigoo jooga daaqadda gurigayga Ayaan shabagga daaqadda wax ka fiiriyey,

⁷I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

⁷Oo kuwa garaadka daran ayaan fiiriyey, oo waxaan barbaarrada ku dhex arkay Nin dhallinyaraa oo aan innaba waxgarasho lahayn,

⁸passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

⁸Isagoo maraya dariiqa xaafaddeeda u dhow, Oo wuxuu raacay jidkii gurigeeda,

⁹in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

⁹Oo waxay ahayd gabbaldhac oo makhribka ah, markii habeenkii madoobaanayay oo gudcur noqonayay.

¹⁰Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

¹⁰Oo bal eeg, waxaa isagii ka hor timid naag Sidii dhillo u lebbisan, oo qalbigeedu khiyaano miidhan yahay.

¹¹She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.

¹¹Iyadu waa rabshad badan tahay, waana caasiyad, Oo gurigeeda cag sooma dhigto.

¹²Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

¹²Mar dibadday joogtaa, marna dariiqyaday maraysaa, Oo rukun kasta wax bay ku sugtaa.

¹³So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

¹³Haddaba isagii way qabsatay, oo dhunkatay; Iyadoo aan wejigeedu xishood lahayn ayay waxay isagii ku tidhi,

¹⁴“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows.

¹⁴Anigu waxaan hayaa allabaryo nabdeed, Oo maanta ayaan nidarradaydii bixiyey.

¹⁵Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

¹⁵Haddaba waxaan u soo baxay inaan kula kulmo, Oo aan aad iyo aad wejigaaga u doondoono, waanan ku helay.

¹⁶I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

¹⁶Sariirtaydii waxaan ku goglay durraaxado daabac leh, Iyo marooyin duntii Masar laga sameeyey.

¹⁷Waxaan sariirtaydii ku cadariyey Malmal iyo cuud iyo qorfe.

¹⁸Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.

¹⁸Kaalay, oo aan caashaq ka dheregno ilaa aroorta, Oo aynu jacayl ku faraxsanaanno.

¹⁹For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

¹⁹Waayo, ninkaygii guriga ma joogo, Oo meel fog buu u sodcaalay,

²⁰He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

²⁰Kiish lacag ahna wuu qaatay, Oo wuxuu guriga ku soo noqon doonaa markuu dayaxu caddaado.

²¹With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

²¹Hadalkeedii badnaa oo macaanaa ayay isagii isku yeelsiisay, Oo waxay isagii ku qasabtay faankii beenta ahaa oo bushimeheeda.

²²He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

²²Oo haddiiba iyadii buu daba galay, Sidii dibi loo wado in la gowraco, Ama sidii nacas loo wado in silsilado lagu jebiyo,

²³Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

²³Jeer fallaadh beerka lagaga wareemo, Sida shimbiru dabinka degdeg ku gasho, Iyadoo aan ogayn in loo dhigay si nafteeda loo qaado.

²⁴Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

²⁴Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed, wiilashoy, bal i maqla, Oo erayada afkayga dhegaysta.

²⁵Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,

²⁵Qalbigiinnu yaanu jidadkeeda u leexan, Oo waddooyinkeedana ha ku dhex habaabina.

²⁶for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

²⁶Waayo, iyadu waxay ridday kuwa badan oo dhaawacan, Sida xaqiiqada kuway laysay aad bay u badan yihiin.Gurigeedu waa jidkii She'ool, Oo wuxuu hoos ugu dhaadhacaa dhimashada qolladaheeda.

²⁷Her house is the way to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , going down to the rooms of death.

²⁷Gurigeedu waa jidkii She'ool, Oo wuxuu hoos ugu dhaadhacaa dhimashada qolladaheeda.