श्रेष्ठगीत 1
1 यो सोलोमनको श्रेष्ठगीत हो । प्रेमिका आफैसित बोल्दै:
The song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
2 उहाँले मलाई आफ्नो मुखको चुम्बनले चुम्बन गरून् । प्रेमिका प्रेमीसित बोल्दै: किनकि तपाईंको प्रेम दाखमद्यभन्दा उत्तम छ ।
Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.
3 तपाईंको अभिषेकको तेलमा आनन्दप्रद बास्ना छ । तपाईंको नाउँ बगिरहने अत्तरझैँ छ । त्यसैले युवतीहरूले तपाईंलाई प्रेम गर्छन् ।
Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
4 मलाई तपाईंसितै लैजानुहोस्, र हामी दौडने छौँ । प्रेमिका आफैसित बोल्दै: राजाले मलाई उहाँका कोठाहरूमा ल्याउनुभएको छ । प्रेमिका प्रमीसित बोल्दै: हामी खुसी छौँ । हामी तपाईंको विषयमा आनन्द मनाउँछौँ । तपाईंको प्रेमको उत्सव मनाऔँ । यो दाखमद्यभन्दा उत्तम छ । अरू स्त्रीहरूले तपाईंलाई सम्मान गर्ने स्वाभाविक नै हो । प्रेमिका अरू स्त्रीहरूसित बोल्दैः
Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.
5 हे यरूशलेमका छोरीहरू हो, म काली छु, तर मायालु छु । म केदारका पालहरूजस्तै काली र सोलोमनका पर्दाहरूजस्तै मायालु छु ।
I am dark, but fair of form, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 म काली भएकीले र घामले मलाई डढाएकोले मलाई एकटक लगाएर नहेर । मेरी आमाका छोराहरू मसित रिसाउँथे । तिनीहरूले मलाई दाखबारीको रक्षक बनाए, तर मैले मेरो आफ्नै दाखबारीको रक्षा गरेकी छैनँ । प्रेमिका प्रेमीसित बोल्दैः
Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept.
7 हे मेरा प्रेमी, मेरो प्राणले तपाईंलाई प्रेम गर्छ । मलाई बताउनुहोस् । तपाईंले आफ्नो भेडा-बाख्राको बगाल कहाँ चराउनुहुन्छ? दिउँसो तपाईंले आफ्नो बगाल कहाँ विश्राम गराउनुहुन्छ? तपाईंका मित्रहरूका बगालहरूको छेउमा म किन भौँतारिहिँड्ने व्यक्तिझैँ हुने? प्रेमी प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः
Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?
8 हे स्त्रीहरूमध्ये असाध्यै सुन्दरी, तिमीलाई थाहा छैन भने मेरो बगालका पाइलाहरू पछ्याऊ, र गोठालाहरूको पालनेर तिम्रा ससाना बाख्राहरू चराऊ ।
If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.
9 हे मेरी प्रिय, म तिमीलाई फारोको रथको राम्रो घोडासित तुलना गर्दछु ।
I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.
10 शृङ्गारले तिम्रा गाला सुन्दर भएका छन्; गर्गहनाले तिम्रो गला सजिएको छ ।
Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.
11 हामी तिम्रो लागि चाँदीको जलप लगाइएका सुनका गहनाहरू बनाउने छौँ । प्रेमिका आफैसित बोल्दैः
We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver.
12 राजा आफ्नो बिस्तारमा पल्टनुहुँदा मेरो अत्तरले आफ्नो बास्ना फिँजायो ।
While the king is seated at his table, my spices send out their perfume.
13 मलाई मेरा प्रेमी मूर्रको थैलीजस्तै लाग्छ जसले मेरा वक्षस्थलका बिचमा रात बिताउनुहुन्छ ।
As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts.
14 मलाई मेरा प्रेमी एन-गदीका दाखबारीहरूमा फुलेको मेहदीको झुप्पाजस्तै लाग्छ । प्रेमी प्रेमिकासित बोल्दैः
My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi.
15 हे मेरी प्रिय, सुन । तिमी सुन्दरी छ्यौ । सुन, तिमी सुन्दरी छ्यौ । तिम्रा आँखा ढुकुरजस्ता छन् । प्रेमिका प्रेमीसित बोल्दैः
See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.
16 हे मेरा प्रेमी, सुन्नुहोस् । तपाईं सुन्दर हुनुहुन्छ । हो, तपाईं कति सुन्दर हुनुहुन्छ! हराभरा बिरुवाहरू हाम्रो ओछ्यान हुन् ।
See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.
17 हाम्रो घरका दलिनहरू देवदारूका छन् । छाना सल्लाका छन् ।
Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees.
