श्रेष्ठगीत 6
1 १ हे स्त्रियों में परम सुन्दरी, तेरा प्रेमी कहाँ गया? तेरा प्रेमी कहाँ चला गया कि हम तेरे संग उसको ढूँढ़ने निकलें? वधू
You who are the most beautiful of all the women, where has the one who loves you gone? [If you tell us] which [RHQ] direction he went, we will go with you to search for him.
2 २ मेरा प्रेमी अपनी बारी में अर्थात् बलसान की क्यारियों की ओर गया है, कि बारी में अपनी भेड़-बकरियाँ चराए और सोसन फूल बटोरे।
The one who loves me has now come [to me, who am like] [MET, EUP] his garden, He has come to [enjoy my (charms/physical attractions) which are like] [MET, EUP] spices, to enjoy cuddling up to me [EUP, MET], and [kissing my lips, which are like] [MET] lilies.
3 ३ मैं अपने प्रेमी की हूँ और मेरा प्रेमी मेरा है, वह अपनी भेड़-बकरियाँ सोसन फूलों के बीच चराता है। वर
I belong to the one who loves me, and the one who loves me belongs to me; he [enjoys kissing] my lips like [MET] [a shepherd enjoys] taking care of [his sheep].
4 ४ हे मेरी प्रिय, तू तिर्सा की समान सुन्दरी है तू यरूशलेम के समान रूपवान है, और पताका फहराती हुई सेना के तुल्य भयंकर है।
My darling, you are beautiful, like [SIM] Tirzah [the capital city of Israel] and Jerusalem [the capital city of Judah are beautiful]; you are as exciting [MET] as a [group/battalion of] troops holding up their banners.
5 ५ अपनी आँखें मेरी ओर से फेर ले, क्योंकि मैं उनसे घबराता हूँ; तेरे बाल ऐसी बकरियों के झुण्ड के समान हैं, जो गिलाद की ढलान पर लेटी हुई देख पड़ती हों।
Quit looking at me like that, because your eyes excite me very much. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats [moving down the slopes] of Gilead [Mountain].
6 ६ तेरे दाँत ऐसी भेड़ों के झुण्ड के समान हैं जिन्हें स्नान कराया गया हो, उनमें प्रत्येक जुड़वाँ बच्चे देती हैं, जिनमें से किसी का साथी नहीं मरा।
Your teeth are [very white] like [SIM] a flock of sheep [whose wool] has just been shorn and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
Beneath your veil, your cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
Even if a king had 60 queens and 80 (concubines/slave wives) and more young women than anyone can count,
9 ९ परन्तु मेरी कबूतरी, मेरी निर्मल, अद्वितीय है अपनी माता की एकलौती, अपनी जननी की दुलारी है। पुत्रियों ने उसे देखा और धन्य कहा; रानियों और रखैलों ने देखकर उसकी प्रशंसा की।
[none of them would be like] my dove, who is perfect, you who are your mother’s only daughter, whom your mother considers to be very precious. [Other] young women who see you say that you are fortunate, and the queens and concubines recognize that you [are very beautiful].
10 १० यह कौन है जिसकी शोभा भोर के तुल्य है, जो सुन्दरता में चन्द्रमा और निर्मलता में सूर्य, और पताका फहराती हुई सेना के तुल्य भयंकर दिखाई देती है?
Who is [RHQ] this woman who is [as delightful] as [SIM] the dawn, as fair/delightful [to look at] as [the light of] the moon, as exciting as a [group/battalion of] troops holding up their banners?
11 ११ मैं अखरोट की बारी में उत्तर गई, कि तराई के फूल देखूँ, और देखूँ की दाखलता में कलियाँ लगीं, और अनारों के फूल खिले कि नहीं।
I went down to some walnut trees to look at the new plants that were growing in the valley. I wanted to see if the grapevines had budded or if the pomegranate trees were blooming.
[But] before I realized it, my desire [to make love caused me to be as excited as] a prince riding in a chariot.
13 १३ लौट आ, लौट आ, हे शूलेम्मिन, लौट आ, लौट आ, कि हम तुझ पर दृष्टि करें। वधू क्या तुम शूलेम्मिन को इस प्रकार देखोगे जैसा महनैम के नृत्य को देखते हैं?
You who are the perfect one, come back [to us], in order that we may see you! Why do you want to look at this woman who is perfect, like [SIM] you like to watch two rows/lines of people dancing?
