Lyrics and translation Tautumeitas - Sadziedami

Sadziedami

Laikā manim mātes kurpes,
Laikā mātes villainīt';
Tik vien laika vēl nebija
Sēsties tautu kamanās.
Nepļauš' miežus rasiņā,
Gan ir laika saulītē;
Neieš' jauna tautiņās,
Gan ir laika mūžiņā.
Sadziedami mēs, māsiņas,
Kamēr vienā vietiņā;
Kas to zina citu gadu,
Kur mēs kura līgosim.
Ej, māsiņa, kad iedama,
Pavasari vien neej,
Pavasari tautu dēls
Viršu ziedu alu tais'.
Es nebiju uzaugusi,
Ne prātā ņēmusies,
Jau tautiņas naudu bēra
Pāri manu augumiņ'.
Sadziedami mēs, māsiņas,
Kamēr vienā vietiņā;
Kas to zina citu gadu,
Kur mēs kura līgosim.
Sadziedami mēs, māsiņas,
Kamēr vienā vietiņā;
Kas to zina citu gadu,
Kur mēs kura līgosim.

Singing Together

You brought me my mother's shoes,
You brought me my mother's bonnet;
But there was no time
To settle into wedded life.
Don't cut rye in the dew,
There will be time in the sun;
Don't go to your lover's house yet,
There will be time in your life.
We will sing together, my sister,
While we are in one place;
Who knows what the future holds,
Where we will celebrate Midsummer.
Go, my sister, if you must go,
But don't go in the spring,
For the young man
Makes heather blossom beer in the spring.
I was not yet grown,
I had not yet thought about it,
When they brought the dowry
Over my body.
We will sing together, my sister,
While we are in one place;
Who knows what the future holds,
Where we will celebrate Midsummer.
We will sing together, my sister,
While we are in one place;
Who knows what the future holds,
Where we will celebrate Midsummer.