1Panzizi dzeBhabhironi, Ndipo patakagara pasi, zvirokwazvo tikachema, Pakurangarira kwedu Ziyoni.
1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
2Pamikonachando mukati madzo Takaturika mbira dzedu.
2Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
3nekuti ipapo avo vakatitapa vakakumbira kwatiri mashoko orwiyo, Vakatiparadza vakakumbira mufaro, vachiti, Tiimbireiwo rwiyo rweZiyoni.
3For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4Tingaimba seiko rwiyo rwaJehovha Munyika yavatorwa?
4How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?
5Kana ndikakukangamwa, iwe Jerusaremu, Ruoko rwangu rworudyi ngarukangamwe umhizha hwarwo.
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill].
6Rurimi rwangu ngarunamatire kumatadzo angu, Kana ndikarega kukurangarira; Kana ndisingati Jerusaremu Ndiwo mufaro wangu mukuru unopfuura zvose.
6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
7Rangarirai Jehovha, murove vana vaEdhomu Pamusoro pezuva reJerusaremu; Ivo, vakati, Paradzai, paradzai, Kusvikira panheyo dzaro.
7Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.
8Iwe mukunda weBhabhironi, iwe unobva woparadzwa; Munhu uyo achava nomufaro, achakutsivira Sezvawakatiitira iwe.
8O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
9Munhu uyo achava nomufaro, achatora pwere dzako Nokudzirovera padombo.
9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.