Saam 137

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

At [the] rivers of - Babylon there we sat also we wept when remembered we Zion.

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

On poplars in [the] midst of it we hung up harps our.

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 asked us captors our words of a song and mockers our gladness sing for us one of [the] song[s] of Zion.

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

How? will we sing [the] song of Yahweh on ground of foreignness.

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

If I will forget you O Jerusalem may it forget right [hand] my.

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 it cleave tongue my - to palate my if not I will remember you if not I will lift up Jerusalem above [the] chief of joy my.

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

Remember O Yahweh - to [the] people of Edom [the] day of Jerusalem who were saying lay bare - lay bare to the foundation in it.

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

O daughter of Babylon that is about to be destroyed how blessed! [is one] who he will repay to you dealing your that you dealt to us.

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

How blessed! - [is one] who he will seize and he will smash children your to the rock.