Lyrics and translation Prāta Vētra - Ardievu Meitenes

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.
Piedz.
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, Girls

Farewell, my girls, I must depart,
Where battlefields with white bones start,
There my head too shall be laid bare,
For this land's mighty ones to share.
Farewell, my girls, my emperor calls,
This war will have its share of heroes' falls.
And the first to fall, their bodies torn,
Will have their place in history's dawn.
Chorus
Farewell, my girls, you see it now,
You see it now, how heroes bow.
Oh, my girls, please forgive me,
To the emperor I must dedicate,
To the emperor I must dedicate.
If I am gravely wounded in the fight,
I know the emperor will grant me a knight,
And perhaps even a monument they'll raise,
With a tombstone carving on the mountain's maze.
But if I'm blessed with fortune's smile,
And the lieutenant takes me through the minefield's trial,
Then my photo and my name will be,
In a black frame, in the press for all to see.