Saam 137

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

upon river Babylon there to dwell also to weep in/on/with to remember we [obj] Zion

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

upon willow in/on/with midst her to hang lyre 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 to ask us to take captive us word: because song and tormentor our joy to sing to/for us from song Zion

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

how? to sing [obj] song LORD upon land: soil foreign

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

if to forget you Jerusalem to forget right 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.

to cleave tongue my to/for palate my if not to remember you if not to ascend: establish [obj] Jerusalem upon head: top joy my

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

to remember LORD to/for son: descendant/people Edom [obj] day Jerusalem [the] to say to uncover to uncover till [the] foundation in/on/with her

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

daughter Babylon [the] to ruin blessed which/that to complete to/for you [obj] recompense your which/that to wean to/for us

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

blessed which/that to grasp and to shatter [obj] infant your to(wards) [the] crag