George Gordon Byron - By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept 汉译

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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.

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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 string our high harp for the foe!

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On the willow that harp is suspended,

Oh Salem! its sound should be free;

And the hour when thy glories were

ended

But left me that token of thee:

And ne'er shall its soft tones be blended

With the voice of the spoiler by me!

1815.