By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept 在巴比倫的河邊我們坐下來哭泣

By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept

Lord George Gordon Byron
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!

在巴比倫的河邊我們坐下來哭泣
拜倫

一

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(hào)哭著四散逃散。

二

當(dāng)我們憂郁地坐在河邊

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!

寧可讓這只右手永遠(yuǎn)枯瘦，

但我們的圣琴絕不為異族彈奏!

三

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里：

呵，我絕不使它優(yōu)美的音調(diào)

和暴虐者的聲音混在一起!

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