На реках вавилонских - На реках Вавилонскиха - текст песни, слова, перевод, видео

On the rivers of Babylon, there weeping and lamenting, we will never remember Zion. On the willows in the middle of both of them are our organs. For there they asked us, captivating us about the words of the songs and leading us about singing: sing to us from the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the song of the Lord in foreign lands? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand will be forgotten. Cling my tongue to my throat, lest I remember you, lest I offer Jerusalem, as at the beginning of my joy. Remember, O Lord, you children of Edom, who said on the day of Jerusalem, “Deplete it, exhaust it to its foundations.” Accursed daughter of Babylon, blessed is she who will give you the reward that you have given to us. Blessed is he who is and will dash Your babies on the stone.

Translation: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept when we remembered Zion; on the willows, in the middle of it, we hung our harps. There those who captivated us demanded words of song from us, and our oppressors demanded joy: “Sing to us from the songs of Zion.” How can we sing the song of the Lord in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, forget me, my right hand; stick my tongue to my throat, if I do not remember you, if I do not put Jerusalem at the head of my joy. Remember, O Lord, to the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem, when they said: “Destroy, destroy it to its foundations.” Daughter of Babylon, desolator! blessed is he who repays you for what you have done to us! Blessed is he who takes and dashes your babies against a stone!

(“Infants” here are sinful thoughts that are broken on the stone of faith - Christ the Savior)