परदेशी औषधी वनस्पती

तुळशीची पाने ही आयुर्वेदात औषधी समजली जातात. परदेशातही अशाच काही वनस्पतींची पाने, त्यांचे औषधी गुण विचारात घेऊन स्वयंपाकघरातील पदार्थ बनवताना-अन्‍नाचा चटकदारपणा वाढविण्यासाठी उपयोगात आणतात. काही अशा परदेशी वनस्पतींचा हा परिचय :-

 ओरिगॅनो
 थाईम
 पार्सली
 बेसिल
 मार्जोराम (मरवा)
 रोजमरी
 सेज

पार्सली, सेज, रोजमरी आणि थाईम या वनस्पतींसंबंधी हे परंपरागत इंग्रजी गीत प्रसिद्ध आहे. 

Male part-
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Remember me to the one who lives there,
For once she was a true love of mine.

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Without any seam or needlework,
Then she shall be a true love of mine.

Tell her to wash it in yonder well,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Where never sprung water or rain ever fell,
And she shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Which never bore blossom since Adam was born,
Then she shall be a true lover of mine.

Female part-
Now he has asked me questions three,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
I hope he'll answer as many for me,
Before he shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell him to buy me an acre of land,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Between the salt water and the sea sand,
Then he shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell him to plough it with a ram's horn,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
And sow it all over with one pepper corn,
And he shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell him to sheer't with a sickle of leather,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
And bind it up with a peacock's feather,
And he shall be a true lover of mine.

Tell him to thrash it on yonder wall,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme,
And never let one corn of it fall,
Then he shall be a true lover of mine.

When he has done and finished his work.
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme: 
Oh, tell him to come and he'll have his shirt, 
And he shall be a true lover of mine.

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