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 is your loved one gone, O most fair among women? Where is your loved one turned away, that we may go looking for him with you?
2 मेरा प्रेमी आफ्नो बगैँचामा, सुगन्धित मसलाहरूले भरिएको ओछ्यानमा जानुभएको छ; बगैँचामा चाहार्न र लिली फुलहरू बटुल्न जानुभएको छ ।
My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.
3 म मेरा प्रेमीको हुँ, र मेरा प्रेमी मेरै हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँ प्रसन्न हुँदै लिली फुलहरूका बिचमा चाहर्नुहुन्छ । प्रेमी प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः
I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.
4 हे मेरी प्रिय, तिमी तिर्साजत्तिकै सुन्दरी र यरूशलेमजत्तिकै मायालु छ्यौ । तिमी आफ्ना झन्डाहरू फहराउने सेनाजत्तिकै प्रतापी छ्यौ ।
You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.
5 तिम्रा आँखा मबाट तर्काऊ, किनकि तिनले मलाई व्याकुल तुल्याउँछन् । तिम्रो कपाल गिलाद पहाडबाट झरिरहेका बाख्राहरूको बगालजस्तो छ ।
Let your eyes be turned away from me; see, they have overcome me; your hair is as a flock of goats which take their rest on 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 ।
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.
7 तिम्रा गालाहरू घुम्टोभित्रका दुई फ्याक परेका दारिमहरूजस्ता छन् । प्रेमी आफूसित बोल्दैः
Like pomegranate fruit are the sides of your head under your veil.
8 साठी जना रानी, असी जना भित्रिनी र अनगिन्ती युवतीहरू छन् ।
There are sixty queens, and eighty servant-wives, and young girls 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 very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.
10 “प्रभातझैँ उदाउने, चन्द्रमाझैँ सुन्दरी, सूर्यझैँ चम्किलो, आफ्ना झन्डाहरू फहराउने सेनाझैँ प्रतापी यी को हुन्?” प्रेमी आफूसित बोल्दैः
Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?
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, and to see if the vine was in bud, and the pomegranate-trees were in flower.
12 म यति धेरै खुसी भएँ, कि म राजकुमारको रथमा चढिरहेको भान भयो । मित्रहरू प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः
Before I was conscious of it, ...
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?
Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, so that our eyes may see you. What will you see in the Shulammite? A sword-dance.
