Babylon khawla, tamnaa la n'awm khaw,
1
Babylon khawla, tamnaa la n'awm khaw,
Muithla Bawipa lawng a hinghangsak;
Khat la awm ouh-la, m'pek u mai cakhaw,
Muithla Bawipa lawng a hinghangsak.
Hinghang, hinghang,
Muithla Bawipa lawng a hinghangsak;
2
Babylon angla, bawkna bu yahawh,
Pekbounathli lawng thoenglang pai lah;
Aka soeng huen tah, Babylon nawh ni,
Pekbounathli lawng thoenglang pai lah.
Pai lah, pai lah,
Pekbounathli lawng thoenglang pai lah.
3
Tamnaa awmna lawng, Jerusalem la,
Pathen oen thik-at la cet u sih;
Tah thaila awm nawh, ka soeng pumkhat huen,
Pathen oen thik-at la cet u sih.
Cet u, cet u,
Pathen oen thik-at la cet u sih.
4
Khrih kah becoeihna, Muithla boengloeng be,
Hawpai thaihu Bawipa lawng a khuen;
Bawipa a kawngaih thlangboel a awmsak,
Hawpai thaihu Bawipa lawng a khuen.
A khuen, a khuen,
Hawpai thaihu Bawipa lawng a khuen.
5
A tuek thlaangthli, Jerusalem khaw ah,
Tahe Pathen bawk im a sak u;
Thlaangcimthli boeih khat la bii a bi u,
Tahe Pathen bawk im a sak u.
A sak, a sak,
Tahe Pathen bawk im a sak u.