By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
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Psalms 137
EnglishOn the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.
For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
How can we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
سِفْرُ المزامير 137
العربيةعلى أَنهارِ بابِلَ هُناكَ جَلَسْنا فبَكَينا عِندَما صِهْيونَ تَذَكَّرْنا
على الصَّفْصافِ في وَسَطِها عَلَّقْنا كِنَّاراتِنا
هُناكَ سأَلَنا الَّذينَ أَسَرونا نَشيدًا والَّذينَ عَذَّبونا طَرَبًا: «أَنشِدوا لَنا مِن صِهْيونَ نَشيدًا»
كَيفَ نُنشِدُ نشيدَ الرَّبّ ونَحنُ في أَرضِ الغُربَة؟
إِن نَسيتُكِ يا أُورَشَليم فلتُشَلَّ يَميني
ولْيَلْتَصِقْ لِساني بِحَنَكي إِن لم أَذكُرْكِ إِن لم أَرفَعْ أُورَشَليمَ إِلى أَوجِ فَرَحي
أُذكُرْ يا رَبُّ بَني أَدومَ في يَومِ أُورَشَليم القائِلينَ: ٱنسُفوا حتَّى أَساسَها ٱنسُفوا
يا ٱبنَةَ بابِلَ الصَّائِرَةَ إِلى الدَّمار طوبى لِمَن يُجازيكِ على ما جازَيتِنا بِه
طُوبَى لِمَنْ يُمْسِكُ أَطْفَالَكِ وَيَضْرِبُ بِهِمُ الصَّخْرَةَ!