Saam 137

1 Babylon vapui taengah, kang hnut o, ue, Zion to ka poek o naah, ka qah o.

For David, [a Psalm] of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.

2 Katoengnawk doeh tui taeng ih thing tanghang nuiah ka bang o.

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.

3 To ah kaom kaicae misong ah naeh kaminawk mah laasak hanah ang pacae o; kaicae pacaekthlaek kaminawk mah anghoehaih laasak hanah ang pacae o; Zion laa maeto sah o noek khae, tiah ang naa o.

For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away [asked] a hymn, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Sion.

4 Kawbangmaw Angraeng ih laa to minawk prae ah ka sah o thai tih?

How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

5 Aw Jerusalem, nang to kang pahnet o ving nahaeloe, ka bantang ban mah a sakthaihaih to pahnet roep nasoe.

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].

6 Nang to kang panoek o ai boeh moe, kang hoe o haih koek Jerusalem to ka pakoeh o ai boeh nahaeloe, ka palai hae pakha ranuiah angbet caeng nasoe.

May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.

7 Aw Angraeng, Jerusalem amtimh na niah, im hmuen to phrae oh, phrae oh, tiah kathui Edom kaminawk to poek ah.

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations.

8 Amrosak thaih, Aw Babylon canu, kaicae nuiah na sak ih hmuen baktih toengah, na nuiah sah pathok kami loe tahamhoih.

Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward you as you have rewarded us.

9 Na caa nawktanawk to lak moe, thlung nuiah va kami loe tahamhoih.

Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash your infants against the rock.