From the Psalms
Rivers of Babylon
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By the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept,
When we remembered Zion, where the light once slept.
The willows bowed, the harps lay still,
Our songs were silenced by the weight of the hill.
How can we sing in this foreign land,
Where the air tastes of dust, and dreams turn to sand?
They demanded joy from our sorrowed hands,
But our hearts beat slow, like shifting strands.
Oh, Zion, your ruins call,
Your sacred stones echo through it all.
If I forget you, O Zion’s flame,
May my right hand lose its strength, its aim.
May my tongue cling, silent in shame,
If I forsake the songs of your name.
The waters murmur, the willow trees sigh,
They cradle the sorrow of a tear-streaked sky.
And though we ache, though we cry,
The memory of Zion refuses to die.
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to fall,
Blessed are those who repay your call.
Who return the pain you’ve sown so deep,
To plant in the ashes what justice reaps.
Oh, Zion, your ruins call,
Your sacred stones echo through it all.
If I forget you, O Zion’s flame,
May my right hand lose its strength, its aim.
May my tongue cling, silent in shame,
If I forsake the songs of your name.
By the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept,
But the songs of Zion, in us, are kept.
Forever, they echo, through wind and stone,
A melody eternal, though we’re far from home.