在巴比倫的河邊

拜倫 (Lord George Gordon Byron)

在巴比倫的河邊我們坐下來哭泣

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在巴比倫的河邊我們坐下來
　　悲痛地哭泣，我們想到那一天
我們的敵人如何在屠殺叫喊中，
　　焚毀了撒冷的高聳的神殿：
而你們，呵，她凄涼的女兒！
　　你們都號哭著四散逃散。

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當我們憂鬱地坐在河邊
　　看著腳下的河水自由地奔流，
他們命令我們歌唱；呵，絕不！
　　我們絕不在這事情上低頭！
寧可讓這隻右手永遠枯瘦，
　　但我們的聖琴絕不為異族彈奏！

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我把那豎琴懸掛在柳梢頭，
　　噢，撒冷！它的歌聲該是自由的；
想到你的光榮喪盡的那一刻，
　　卻把你的這遺物留在我這裡：
呵，我絕不使它優美的音調
　　和暴虐者的聲音混在一起！
　　
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拜倫 (Lord George Gordon Byron)

By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept

1
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.

2
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!

3
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!