וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר שָׁאֲלוּ עֵינַי וגו', לֹא מָנַעְתִּי אֶת לִבִּי מִכָּל שִׂמְחָה, זוֹ שִׂמְחַת הָעשֶׁר. כִּי לִבִּי שָׂמֵחַ מִכָּל עֲמָלִי וְזֶה הָיָה חֶלְקִי מִכָּל עֲמָלִי, מַאן דְּאָמַר קוּדֵיהּ, מַאן דְּאָמַר קְשַׁרְתֵּיהּ. דָּבָר אַחֵר, וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר שָׁאֲלוּ עֵינַי, בַּנָּשִׁים. לֹא אָצַלְתִּי מֵהֶם. לֹא מָנַעְתִּי אֶת לִבִּי מִכָּל שִׂמְחָה, זוֹ שִׂמְחַת הַנָּשִׁים. כִּי לִבִּי שָׂמֵחַ מִכָּל עֲמָלִי, זוֹ הַפְרָשַׁת חַלָּה, וּמַאן דְּאָמַר זוֹ הַפְרָשַׁת נְסָכִים.
“Everything that my eyes sought I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy, as my heart was joyful from all my toil, and this was my portion from all my toil” (Ecclesiastes 2:10). “Everything that my eyes sought…I did not withhold my heart from any joy” – this is the joy of wealth. “As my heart was joyful from all my toil, and this was my portion from all my toil” – there is one who says [this is referring to] his plate, and one who says [it is referring to] his belt. Alternatively, “Everything that my eyes sought,” among women, “I did not keep from them.” “I did not withhold my heart from any joy” – this is joy from women. “As my heart was joyful from all my toil” – there is one who says: This is the separation of ḥalla, and there is one who says: This is the separation of libations.