Antiphon: If I ever forget the thought of you, May my tongue cleave to my mouth. By the rivers of Babylon There we sat and wept, 1 2 Remembering Sion: On the poplars that grew there We hung up our harps.
2. For it was there that they asked us, Our captors, for songs, Our oppressors, for joy. “sing to us,” they said, “One of Sion’s songs.”
3. O how could we sing The song of the Lord On alien soil? If I forget you, Jerusalem, Let my right hand wither!
4. O let my tongue Cleave to my mouth If I remember you not, If I prize not Jerusalem Above all my joys!
5. Remember, O Lord Against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem: When they said: “Tear it down! Tear it down to its foundations!\"
6. O Babylon, destroyer, He is happy who repays you The ills you brought on us He shall seize and shall dash Your children on the rock!
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BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON (Ps. 1 36) - Cameroon Hymnal - KOIRLINK