श्रेष्ठगीत 6
1 यरूशलेमका स्त्रीहरू प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः हे स्त्रीहरूमध्ये असाध्यै सुन्दरी, तिम्रा प्रेमी कहाँ जानुभएको छ? तिम्रा प्रेमी कुनचाहिँ दिशामा जानुभएको छ ताकि हामी तिमीसँगै खोज्न सकूँ? प्रेमिका आफूसित बोल्दैः
Where has thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Where has thy beloved turned, that we may seek him with thee?
2 मेरा प्रेमी आफ्नो बगैँचामा, सुगन्धित मसलाहरूले भरिएको ओछ्यानमा जानुभएको छ; बगैँचामा चाहार्न र लिली फुलहरू बटुल्न जानुभएको छ ।
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
3 म मेरा प्रेमीको हुँ, र मेरा प्रेमी मेरै हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँ प्रसन्न हुँदै लिली फुलहरूका बिचमा चाहर्नुहुन्छ । प्रेमी प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. He feeds among the lilies.
4 हे मेरी प्रिय, तिमी तिर्साजत्तिकै सुन्दरी र यरूशलेमजत्तिकै मायालु छ्यौ । तिमी आफ्ना झन्डाहरू फहराउने सेनाजत्तिकै प्रतापी छ्यौ ।
Thou are fair, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, sublime as an army with banners.
5 तिम्रा आँखा मबाट तर्काऊ, किनकि तिनले मलाई व्याकुल तुल्याउँछन् । तिम्रो कपाल गिलाद पहाडबाट झरिरहेका बाख्राहरूको बगालजस्तो छ ।
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats that lie along the side of Gilead.
6 तिम्रा दाँत भरखरै कत्रेका, नुहाउने ठाउँबाट आएका भेडीहरूको बथानजस्तै छन् । हरेकको जुम्ल्याहा छ, र तिनीहरूका बिचमा कोही पनि एकलो छैन ।
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing, of which every one has twins, and none is bereaved among them.
7 तिम्रा गालाहरू घुम्टोभित्रका दुई फ्याक परेका दारिमहरूजस्ता छन् । प्रेमी आफूसित बोल्दैः
Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil.
8 साठी जना रानी, असी जना भित्रिनी र अनगिन्ती युवतीहरू छन् ।
There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
9 तर मेरी ढुकुर्नी, मेरी विशुद्ध एक मात्र छिन् । उनी आफ्नी आमाको एक मात्र छोरी हुन् । उनी आफ्नी आमाले जन्माएकी मनपर्ने छोरी हुन् । युवतीहरूले उनलाई देखे, उनलाई धन्यको भने । रानीहरू र भित्रिनीहरूले पनि उनलाई देखे, र उनको प्रशंसा गरे । रानीहरू र भित्रिनीहरूले भने,
My dove, my undefiled, is but one. She is the only one of her mother. She is the choice one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed, yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
10 “प्रभातझैँ उदाउने, चन्द्रमाझैँ सुन्दरी, सूर्यझैँ चम्किलो, आफ्ना झन्डाहरू फहराउने सेनाझैँ प्रतापी यी को हुन्?” प्रेमी आफूसित बोल्दैः
Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, sublime as an army with banners?
11 बेसीँमा उब्जनी बढेको, दाखबारीहरूमा कोपिला लागेको छ या छैन र अनारमा मुजुरा लागेको छ या छैन भनी हेर्न म बदामका रुखहरूको बगैँचाभित्र छिरेँ ।
I went down into the garden of nuts, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.
12 म यति धेरै खुसी भएँ, कि म राजकुमारको रथमा चढिरहेको भान भयो । मित्रहरू प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः
Before I was aware, my soul set me among the chariots of my princely people.
13 हे सिद्ध प्रेमिका, फर्केर आऊ, फर्केर आऊ । हामीले तिमीलाई एकटक लगाएर हेर्न सकूँ भनेर फर्केर आऊ, फर्केर आऊ । प्रेमिका साथीहरूसित बोल्दैः तिमीहरू किन दुई जना सेनाको बिचमा नाच्छन् जस्तै गरी सिद्ध प्रेमिकालाई एकटक लगाएर हेर्छौ?
Return, return, O Shulammite, return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, as upon the dance of two armies?
