Lyrics and translation Prāta Vētra - Balāde 2

Balāde 2

Pa Zilo Donavu peld līķis
Kas zin vai turks vai serbs vai krievs
Viņš vairāk nerunās viņš klusēs
Un klusēs arī augšā Dievs
Un nepaskaidros kā labad
Šis gadsimts muļķīgs padevies

Bet upes malā daiļa meiča
Bez mitas nebeidz as'ras liet
Un pārdzīvo ka savam mīļam
Tā nevarēja līdzi iet
Un savas kvēlās asinis
Par godu ķeizarnamam liet
Bet klusēs Dievs
Un rūgti bārdā smaidīs
Jo nevarēs tam izskaidrot neviens
Kādēļ šo dzimumu
Viņš zemesvirsū laidis

Arvienu skaļāk kanonāde
Kā dusmīgs vīru koris dun
Un veči šauj un veči lādē
Un tuvcīņās viens otram dur
Bet kara tiesas priekšā stājas
Tie nīkuļi kas neiztur

Cik skaisti izritinās zarnas
Cik skaisti pāršķīst galvaskauss
Kad visi veselie kļūs kropļi
Tad visiem kropļiem kauties ļaus
Un pašās beigās Al-le-lu-ja
Ar kaulu zāģi spēlēs Štrauss
Bet klusēs Dievs
Un rūgti bārdā smaidīs
Jo nevarēs tam izskaidrot neviens
Kādēļ šo dzimumu
Viņš zemesvirsū laidis

Ballad 2

A corpse floats down the Blue Danube
Who knows if it's a Turk or a Serb or a Russian?
He will speak no more; he is silent,
And God above will also be silent.
He will not explain why
This foolish century has surrendered.

But on the riverbank a beautiful maiden
Never stops shedding tears.
She grieves that she could not
Accompany her lover,
And shed her ardent blood
As an honor to the Imperial House.
But God is silent,
And smiles bitterly in his beard.
For no one can explain to him
Why he has brought this race
Upon the face of the earth.

The cannonade grows ever louder,
Like an angry chorus of men.
And old men shoot and old men curse
And in close combat stab each other.
But before the war tribunal stand
The weaklings who cannot endure it.

How beautifully the intestines spill out,
How beautifully the skull splits open.
When all the healthy become cripples,
Then all the cripples will be allowed to fight.
And in the very end, Alleluia!
Strauss will play a bone saw.
But God is silent,
And smiles bitterly in his beard.
For no one can explain to him
Why he has brought this race
Upon the face of the earth.