1 Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, dum recordaremur Sion.
By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept when we remembered thee, O Sion.
2 In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra:
As for our harps, we hanged them up upon the trees that are therein.
3 quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos,
verba cantionum; et qui abduxerunt nos: Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.
For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and melody, in our heaviness: Sing us one of the songs of Sion.
4 Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?
How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
5 Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui;
si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; yea if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth.
7 Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem: qui dicunt: Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.
Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground.
8 Filia Babylonis misera ! beatus qui retribuet tibi retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.
O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us.
9 Beatus qui tenebit, et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.
Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and throweth them against the stones.
Christ Church Anglican Cathedral is located in the heart of downtown Montreal, Quebec, at the corner of rue University and rue Ste-Catherine Ouest.
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
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3) An ABC of Composers and Musicians
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong
3) An ABC of Composers and Musicians
4) The Current Choir Notes
For an explanation of [BNQ; BM], [CML] and where they lead Click here.)
If the text is available, to follow it while listening to the music, always right-click, then left-click on "open in new window," then arrange windows.