By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept
在巴比伦的河边我们坐下来哭泣
We sat down and wept by the waters
Of Babel， and thought of the day
When our foe， in the hue of his slaughters，
Made Salem”s high places his prey;
And ye， oh her desolate daughters！
Were scattered all weeping away.
在巴比伦的河边我们坐下来
悲痛地哭泣，我们想到那一天
我们的敌人如何在屠杀叫喊中，
焚毁了撒冷的高耸的神殿：
而你们，呵，她凄凉的女儿！
你们都号哭着四散逃散。
While sadly we gazed on the river
Which rolled on in freedom below，
They demanded the song; but， oh never
That triumph the stranger shall know！
May this right hand be withered for ever，
Ere it st
