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
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 मेरा प्रेमी आफ्नो बगैँचामा, सुगन्धित मसलाहरूले भरिएको ओछ्यानमा जानुभएको छ; बगैँचामा चाहार्न र लिली फुलहरू बटुल्न जानुभएको छ ।
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 म मेरा प्रेमीको हुँ, र मेरा प्रेमी मेरै हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँ प्रसन्न हुँदै लिली फुलहरूका बिचमा चाहर्नुहुन्छ । प्रेमी प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः
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 हे मेरी प्रिय, तिमी तिर्साजत्तिकै सुन्दरी र यरूशलेमजत्तिकै मायालु छ्यौ । तिमी आफ्ना झन्डाहरू फहराउने सेनाजत्तिकै प्रतापी छ्यौ ।
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 तिम्रा आँखा मबाट तर्काऊ, किनकि तिनले मलाई व्याकुल तुल्याउँछन् । तिम्रो कपाल गिलाद पहाडबाट झरिरहेका बाख्राहरूको बगालजस्तो छ ।
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 तिम्रा दाँत भरखरै कत्रेका, नुहाउने ठाउँबाट आएका भेडीहरूको बथानजस्तै छन् । हरेकको जुम्ल्याहा छ, र तिनीहरूका बिचमा कोही पनि एकलो छैन ।
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.
7 तिम्रा गालाहरू घुम्टोभित्रका दुई फ्याक परेका दारिमहरूजस्ता छन् । प्रेमी आफूसित बोल्दैः
Beneath your veil, your cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
8 साठी जना रानी, असी जना भित्रिनी र अनगिन्ती युवतीहरू छन् ।
Even if a king had 60 queens and 80 (concubines/slave wives) and more young women than anyone can count,
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,
[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 “प्रभातझैँ उदाउने, चन्द्रमाझैँ सुन्दरी, सूर्यझैँ चम्किलो, आफ्ना झन्डाहरू फहराउने सेनाझैँ प्रतापी यी को हुन्?” प्रेमी आफूसित बोल्दैः
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 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 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.
12 म यति धेरै खुसी भएँ, कि म राजकुमारको रथमा चढिरहेको भान भयो । मित्रहरू प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः
[But] before I realized it, my desire [to make love caused me to be as excited as] a prince riding in a chariot.
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?
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?
