Faarfannaa 137

1 Nu yeroo Xiyoonin yaadannetti, lageen Baabilon bira teenyee boonye.

By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,

2 Achittis kiraara keenya muka alaltuutti fannifne;

Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.

3 achitti warri nu boojiʼan faarfannaa, warri nu dhiphisanis, “Faarfannaawwan Xiyoon keessaa tokko nuu faarfadhaa!” jedhanii akka nu faarfannaa gammachuu isaaniif faarfannu nu gaafatan.

For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

4 Nu utuu biyya ormaa jirruu, akkamitti faarfannaa Waaqayyoo faarfachuu dandeenya?

How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?

5 Yaa Yerusaalem, yoo ani si irraanfadhe, harki koo mirgaa ogummaa isaa haa irraanfatu.

If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.

6 Yoo ani si yaadachuu baadhe, yoo ani gammachuu koo guddichaa olitti Yerusaalemin ilaaluu baadhe, arrabni koo laagaa kootti haa maxxanu.

If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

7 Yaa Waaqayyo, waan warri Edoom gaafa Yerusaalem diigamte jedhan sana yaadadhu; isaanis, “Ishee diigaa! Hamma hundee isheetti ishee diigaa!” jedhanii iyyan.

O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.

8 Yaa intala Baabilon, kan baduudhaaf qophoofte, inni waan ati nu goote sanaaf, gatii kee siif kennu eebbifamaa dha.

O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

9 Inni daaʼimman kee qabee dhagaa irratti caccabsu sun eebbifamaa dha.

Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.