Sòm 137

1 Nou te chita bò larivyè ki nan peyi Babilòn yo, nou t'ap kriye lè nou chonje peyi Siyon.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2 Nou te pandye gita nou yo nan branch pye sikren peyi a.

On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.

3 Moun ki te fè nou prizonye yo t'ap mande pou nou chante pou yo. Moun ki t'ap peze nou yo t'ap mande pou nou anmize yo: -Chante yon chante peyi Siyon pou nou non!

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."

4 Ki jan ou ta vle pou n' chante yon chante Seyè a nan yon peyi etranje?

How can we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?

5 Si nou bliye ou, Jerizalèm. se pou nou bliye ki jan pou nou sèvi ak men dwat nou tou.

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

6 Si nou pa chonje ou, si nou pa konsidere ou tankou pi gwo kontantman nou, se pou lang nou kole nan fon bouch nou.

Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Seyè, chonje sa moun peyi Edon yo te fè jou yo te pran lavil Jerizalèm. Chonje jan yo t'ap di: Kraze l'! Kraze l' ratè!

Remember, LORD, against the descendants of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it. Raze it even to its foundation."

8 Nou menm moun lavil Babilòn, yo gen pou yo fini ak nou yon lè. Benediksyon pou moun ki va fè ou sibi menm bagay ou te fè nou sibi a.

Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be blessed who rewards you, as you have served us.

9 Benediksyon pou moun ki va pran pitit ou yo, ki va kraze yo sou gwo wòch!

Blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.