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Psalmus 136 (137)

Language: Latin

1 [Psalmus David, Jeremiæ.] Super flumina Babylonis illic
  sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.
2 In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra:
3 quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum;
  et qui abduxerunt nos: Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.
4 Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?
5 Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.
6 Adhæreat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui; 
  si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio lætitiæ meæ.
7 Memor esto, Domine, filiorum Edom, in die Jerusalem:
  qui dicunt: Exinanite, exinanite usque ad fundamentum in ea.
8 Filia Babylonis misera! beatus qui retribuet tibi
  retributionem tuam quam retribuisti nobis.
9 Beatus qui tenebit, et allidet parvulos tuos ad petram.
Authorship

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

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Set in Czech, a translation of Bible or other Sacred Texts CZE ENG GER FRE Set in German, a translation of Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) CZE ENG GER FRE
    * by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) , "An Babels Wasserflüssen", op. 13 no. 2 (1872) [satb], note: music is based on the Sarabande from Bach's English Suite No 3, BWV 808
Set in French, adapted by A. Quételard CZE ENG GER FRE
Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):
    * ENG English (Bible or other Sacred Texts)
    * GER German (Martin Luther)

Date added to the website: 2006-03-28.

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An Babels Wasserflüssen

Language: German

Stromflut dahin rauscht durch Babels Gefilde:
Herzblut, so brichst du in Tränen hervor!
Zion, du strahlst hell in qualvolle Träume,
Da doch dein Volk dich auf ewig verlor!
Dir grünt der Oelbaum, kühl weht dir die Palme noch,
Uns brach das Herz, blühet niemehr empor.
Schmachvoll bedrängt uns der Ruf unsres Feindes:
'Singt uns von Zion!' so heischt sein Gebot;
Doch Weh, mein Volk, dir unendlich Wehe,
Sängst du des Herrn Lied dem feind, der dir droht!
Einmal zuletzt nur beim Heimgang ertön' einst,
Zion, O Zion, dein Lied noch im Tod.
Input by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship Based on

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

    * by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) , "An Babels Wasserflüssen", op. 13 no. 2 (1872) [satb], note: music is based on the Sarabande from Bach's English Suite No 3, BWV 808

Date added to the website: 2007-06-08.