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Ardievu Meitenes

Ardievu, meitenes, man jādodas,
Kur kaujas lauki baltos kaulos lās,
Tur arī man būs galva jānoliek,
Šīs zemes vareniem lai prieciņš tiek.
Ardievu, meitenes, mans ķeizars mani sauc,
Šai karā tiešām varoņu būs daudz.
Un pašiem pirmajiem, ko lodes sadragās,
Būs rezervēta vieta skolu programmās.
Ardievu, meitenes, jūs tagad redzat,
Jūs tagad redzat, varoņi kā rodas.
O, meitenes, jel piedodiet,
Man tagad ķeizaram ir jāatdodas,
Man tagad ķeizaram ir jāatdodas.
Ja mani kaujā smagi ievainos,
Tad zinu – ķeizars ordeni man dos,
Un var jau būt pat pieminekli cels
Un kalna galā klintsakmeni vels.
Bet ja man tiešām veiksme uzsmaidīs,
Un oberleitnants mīnulaukā dzīs,
Tad foto mans un arīdzan mans vārds
Tiks melnā rāmī presē nodrukāts.

Farewell, My Girls

I bid you farewell now, my girls,
Where battlefields are strewn with whitening bones,
There too my head shall rest,
To bring the mighty of this land delight.
I bid you farewell now, my girls, my emperor calls
In this war, heroes there shall be in droves.
And the first to fall to bullets' might,
Their place in schoolbooks will be guaranteed.
I bid you farewell now, my girls, now you perceive
You now perceive how heroes come to be.
O girls, do you forgive me,
I must now surrender to the emperor,
I must now surrender to the emperor.
If I'm gravely wounded in battle,
I know the emperor shall give me a medal,
And perhaps even erect a monument,
And roll a boulder to the mountain's brow.
But if I am truly favored by fortune,
And the lieutenant-colonel sends me into a minefield,
Then my photograph and my name as well,
Shall be printed in the press, in a black frame.