13. By the Waters of Babylon
Cantate pour la Paix| Original | INGLESE |
| 13. BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON By the waters, the waters of Babylon We laid down and wept, and wept for Thee Zion We remember Thee, remember Thee Zion. * Près du fleuve de Babylone, Nous étions assis, et nous pleurions pour toi, Jérusalem. Nous nous souvenons de toi, Jérusalem. * Presso il fiume di Babilonia eravamo seduti, e piangevamo per te, Gerusalemme. Ci ricordavamo di te, Gerusalemme. | 13. BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem 1 By the rivers of Babylon-- there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willowsa there we hung up our harps. 3 For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" 4 How could we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! 6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem's fall, how they said, "Tear it down! Tear it down! Down to its foundations!" 8 O daughter Babylon, you devastator!b Happy shall they be who pay you back what you have done to us! 9 Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock! |
