Saam 137

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

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

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

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

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 carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail [required] mirth, [saying, ] Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.

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

How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

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

If I forget thee, 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.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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

Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay [it] bare, Lay [it] bare, down to its foundation!

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

Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

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

Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.