Saam 137

1 Babylon long keng awh ngawi unyng saw Zion ce ka mik poek awh kqang unyng.

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

2 Cawh tuiqi awh tingtoeng ce hoei unyng,

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

3 cawh kaimih anik tukhqi ing laa sak aham ni ceei khqi hy, kaimih anik thekhanaak thlangkhqi ing zeelnaak laa sak aham ni ngaih hy, “Zion a laa pynoet awh sa law lah uh ee!” ni tinak khqi hy.

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 Ikawmyihna thlang a qam na Bawipa a laa ce ka mi sak thai kaw?

How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?

5 Aw Jerusalem, nang ce ka ni hilh awhtaw kak tang ben kut ing a simnaak hilh poe lawt seh.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

6 Nang amni sim voel nyng saw, ka zeelnaak soeih Jerusalem, nang ce am ka nik poek voel hawh awhtaw, kam lai ing dangkhyl na bet qu qap seh.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Aw Bawipa, Jerusalem a zawk nyn awhkaw Edomkhqi ing ik-oeih ami sai ce, sim loet lah. “Hre bang tlang, tung nang lingnaak dyna phu bang tlang uh!” tinawh amik khy ce.

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

8 Aw Babylon canu, ak plawci hly kawi, kaimih ak khan awh ik-oeih na sainaak amyihna, nang ak khan awh ik-oeih ak thung lawkhqi zeel kawm uh –

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

9 na naacakhqi ce amim tu law coengawh lung khawng na kawm uh.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.