Текст песни Хор московского Сретенского монастыря - На реках Вавилонских

Psalm 136

By the rivers of Babylon, and Tamo sedohom plakahom, vnegda us to remember Zion. Upon the willows in the midst of his obesihom our bodies. Yako Tamo voprosisha us plenshii sloveseh us about the song and we were leading the singing: Sing to us from the songs of Zion. Kako will sing the Lord's song in the land foreign land? If thou forget thee, Jerusalem, zabv wake my right hand. Prilpni my tongue to my throat, If ye will not remember you, If ye do not offer Jerusalem, Thou in the beginning of my joy. Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, the day Ierusaliml glagolyuschyya: depleted, exhausted to reason it. O daughter of Babylon, cursed, blessed his ilk will reward you your reward, hedgehog hast rewarded us. Blessed to have and others like babies razbiet your stone.

In modern language:
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept when we remembered Zion Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged our harps. There's captors have demanded from us the lyrics and our adversaries - fun: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, - forget my right hand; my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if you prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem, when they said: "Destroy, destroy it to the ground." Daughter of Babylon, destroyed; Blessed is he who shall repay you for what you have done to us! Blessed is he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones ("Child" here are sinful thoughts that break on the rock of faith - Christ the Savior).