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 beloved gone, O you fairest among women? where is your beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with you.
2 मेरा प्रेमी आफ्नो बगैँचामा, सुगन्धित मसलाहरूले भरिएको ओछ्यानमा जानुभएको छ; बगैँचामा चाहार्न र लिली फुलहरू बटुल्न जानुभएको छ ।
My beloved is gone down into 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 ।
You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible 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 your eyes from me, for they have overcome me: your hair is as a flock of goats that appear from 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 as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one bears twins, and there is not one barren among them.
7 तिम्रा गालाहरू घुम्टोभित्रका दुई फ्याक परेका दारिमहरूजस्ता छन् । प्रेमी आफूसित बोल्दैः
As a piece of a pomegranate are your temples within your locks.
8 साठी जना रानी, असी जना भित्रिनी र अनगिन्ती युवतीहरू छन् ।
There are three score queens, and fourscore 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 that bore her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yes, 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 that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible 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 fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.
12 म यति धेरै खुसी भएँ, कि म राजकुमारको रथमा चढिरहेको भान भयो । मित्रहरू प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
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 Shulamite; return, return, that we may look on you. What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
