shreshtgeet 5:1-16
5 “meri behen, meri dulhan,dekh, main apni bagiya mein aa gaya hoon.+
mainne apna gandhras aur apne khushboodar paudhe le liye hain,+madhumakkhi ka chhatta aur uska shehad khaa liya hai,apni daakh-madira aur doodh pi liya hai.”+
“ae pyare dosto, ji-bharkar khaao-peeo!
ek-doosre ke pyar mein madhosh ho jaao.”+
2 “main so rahi thi par mera man jaag raha tha.+
tabhi mere saajan ke dastak dene ki aavaz aayi!”
“o meri behen, meri sajni,meri faakhta, meri bedag mehbooba,mere liye darvaza khol!
os se mera sir bheega hua hai,raat ki nami se meri latein tar hain.”+
3 “‘main kapde badal chuki hoon,ab inhein fir kaise pehnoon?
main apne pair dho chuki hoon,ab inhein fir maila kaise karoon?’
4 mere saajan ne darvaze ke chhed se apna haath vaapas khinch liya.mera dil usse milne ke liye tadap utha!
5 main apne saajan ke liye darvaza kholne uthi,mere haathon se gandhras tapak raha tha,meri ungliyaan gandhras ke tel se tar thi,aur darvaze ki chitaknee usse chipchipi ho gayi.
6 mainne apne saajan ke liye darvaza khola,par woh vahaan nahin tha, woh jaa chuka tha,uske jaane ka mujhe bahot dukh hua.*
mainne use bahot dhoondha, par woh na mila,+aavaz lagayi, par koi javab nahin aaya.
7 raaste mein mujhe shehar ke pehredar mile jo gasht laga rahe the.
unhonne mujhe maara, mujhe ghaayal kiya,sheharpanah ke un pehredaron ne mera odhna chheen liya.
8 hey yarooshalem ki betiyon, kasam khaao,agar mera saajan tumhein kahin mile, to tum usse kahogi
ki main uske pyar mein deevani hoon.”
9 “ae ladkiyon mein sabse khoobsoorat ladki,bata, tere saajan mein aisi kya baat hai jo doosron mein nahin?
usmein aisa kya hai jo tu hamein yah shapath khila rahi hai?”
10 “mera saajan sundar-sajeela hai, uska rang gulabee hai,das hazar aadmiyon mein bhi woh sabse alag dikhta hai.
11 uska sir sone jaisa hai, khare sone jaisa,
uski latein khajoor ki daali ki tarah lahrati hain,*uske baalon ka rang kauve jaisa kaala hai.
12 uski aankhein aisi hain,jaise nadi kinare baithi faakhta doodh mein naha rahi hoaur maano taalab* ke kinare baithi ho.
13 uske gaal khushboodar paudhon ki sej hain,+sugandhit jadi-bootiyon ke dher ki tarah mahakte hain.
uske honth sosan* ke fool hain,unse gandhras ka tel tapakta hai.+
14 uski gol-gol ungliyaan sone jaisi hain,jinke chhor par karketak ratna jade hain.
pet chamchamate haathi-daant jaisa hai jismein neelam jade hain.
15 uske pair sangmarmar ke khambhe jaise hain, jinhein badhiya sone ki chaukiyon mein bithaya gaya hai.
uska roop labanon-saa dilkash hai,uska kad unche-unche devdaron jaisa hai.+
16 uske honthon mein gazab ki mithas hai,uska har andaz man moh leta hai.+
yarooshalem ki betiyon, mera saajan aisa hi hai,haan, aisa hai mera mahboob.”
kai footnote
^ ya shaayad, “jab woh bola, to meri jaan hi nikaal gayi.”
^ ya shaayad, “khajoor ke guchhe ki tarah hain.”
^ ya shaayad, “favvare.”
^ ya “lily.”
