Lyrics and translation Raimonds Pauls feat. Nora Bumbiere & Viktors Lapčenoks - Rudenī Vēlu, Vēlu

Rudenī Vēlu, Vēlu

Dzeguze skaita un nebeidz vēl,
Dzeguze šodien mums labu vēl.
Ozola lapas kvēlo vēl, kā kvēlo!

Dvēselei cauri redz likteņacs,
Prasot, cik reizes tu biji pats,
Satikties ieej sevī pats ar sevi.

Sarkanām lapām sniegot, dzeguze rimstas.
Vējainie gadi koka dobumā elš.
Rudenī vēlu, vēlu vainosim sevi,
Vainosim paši sevi,
Dzeguzi – ne.

In Late Autumn, Late, Late

The cuckoo counts and never stops,
The cuckoo wishes us well today.
The oak leaves still glow, how they glow!

Through the soul, fate sees,
Asking, how many times have you been yourself,
To meet, enter yourself with yourself.

As red leaves fall, the cuckoo hushes.
The windy years breathe in the hollow of a tree.
In late autumn, late, late, we blame ourselves,
We blame ourselves,
Not the cuckoo.