1916. gada Marts - Skyforger Übersetzung ins Englische

1916. gada Marts

[The March Of 1916]

Lai atbalstitu sabiedrotos (Angliju un Franciju),
Krievu 12.armija 1916.gada marta gatavoja uzbrukumu.
Latviesu bataljoni devas kauja kopa ar krievu dalam uz
Atklata lauka pie kekavas.

Ir 1916.gada marts
Uz Kekavas pozicijam, kur Rigas -Bauskas cels
Pa sniega un dublu pilnam stigam
Brien latvju strelniekbataljoni
Tiem prieksa stav nikna kauja,
Kur daudzi pirmoreiz ies uguni bet Rigas paspuikas jau pasi cina raujas
Jo drosi tic, ka ienaidnieku dzis

No augstiem cara generaliem lemts
Ar sibiriesu pulkiem kopa
Tur galvenaja triecienjoni ies
2.Rigas un 1.Daugavgrivas bataljons
Jau 20 marta nakti
Tie ienem vietas pirmas transejas
Laiks paiet satraukuma pilnas gaidas
Stavot dublos vai gulot slapjas granatbedres

Lidz beidzot pussesos rita
Ierucas krievu lielgabali pirmie
Un sakas viesuluguns
Sauj 92 stobri un vacu pozicijas
Varas ta ka katla
Tad kauja dodas sibiriesi
Un noskan pavele:" Latviesi uz prieksu!"

Jau ienaidnieku fronte pusu rauta
Un daudzi skalu " ura!" sauc
Bet talak strelnieki vairs netiek
Sak vacu lozmeteji vinu rindas jaukt
Un ari atpakal vairs cela nava
No artilerijas tur ugunssiena celta
To sibiriesi neiztur - tie beg
Un vaci vinus liku valos slauka
Bet latviesi vel turas!
Un tikai tumsa atpakal lien dzivajie
Un ievainotie ilgi vaid uz lauka
No augstiem generaliem bija lemts
Tur daudziem palikt marta granatlauka

The March of 1916

[The March Of 1916]

To support the allies (England and France),
The Russian 12th Army prepared an offensive in March 1916.
Latvian battalions went into battle together with Russian units on
Open field near Ķekava.

It is March of 1916
On the positions of Ķekava, where the Riga - Bauska road
Along paths full of snow and mud
Latvian riflemen battalions are advancing
A fierce battle awaits them,
Where many will enter the fire for the first time, but the Riga boys are already fighting fiercely
Because they firmly believe that they will defeat the enemy

High Tsarist generals have decided
Together with Siberian regiments
They will strike the main blow there
2nd Riga and 1st Daugavgriva battalions
Already on the night of March 20
They take their places in the first trenches
Time passes in anxious anticipation
Standing in mud or lying in wet shell holes

Until finally at half past five in the morning
Russian artillery engages first
And a hurricane of fire begins
92 guns are firing and the German positions
Are boiling like a cauldron
Then the Siberians move into battle
And the order sounds: "Latvians, forward!"

The enemy front is already half torn
And many shout the war cry "ura!"
But the riflemen cannot advance further
German machine guns begin to mow down their ranks
And there is no way back either
An artillery curtain has been put up there
The Siberians cannot withstand it - they flee
And the Germans mow them down in droves
But the Latvians are still holding on!
And only in the darkness do the survivors crawl back
And the wounded wail on the field for a long time
High-ranking generals had decided
That many would remain there on the March grenade field