Текст песни Don McLean - Babylon

version of Psalm 137

By the waters

The waters

Of Babylon.

We lay down and wept

And wept

For thee Zion.

We remember

Thee remember

Thee remember

Thee zion

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept when we remembered Zion; 2 On the willows, in the middle of it, we hung our harps. 3 There those who captivated us demanded from us words of song, and our oppressors - joy: "Sing to us from the songs of Zion." 4 How can we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land? 5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, forget me, my right hand; 6 Stick my tongue to my throat, if I do not remember you, if I do not put Jerusalem at the head of my joy. 7 Remember, O Lord, to the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, when they said: "Destroy, destroy it to its foundations." 8 Daughter of Babylon, devastator! blessed is he who will reward you for what you have done to us! 9 Blessed is he who will take and break your babies on a stone!