Viktors Lapcenoks - Kurzeme - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Viktors Lapcenoks - Kurzeme




Kurzeme
Courland
Gudra jūra visa Kurzeme dun,
Courland wise as the sea and vast,
Vēji skrien pāri zelta papardēm un
Breezes race over golden ferns and
Nīcā un Bārtā brunči sarkani plīv,
In Nīca and Bārta, reddish brown berries flutter,
Kuršu pavards uguns krāsā dzīvs.
The Curonian hearth ablaze with colour.
Aiziet pār jūru balti puteņi un
White breakers set out to sea and
Dobji bangas visa Dundaga dun.
Resonant as the waves, Dundaga's chorus.
Rojā un Kolkā asi kadiķi zied,
In Roja and Kolka, pungent junipers bloom,
Liepu ēnā vecie kurši dzied.
Old Courlanders sing in the linden's shade.
Kurzemē kūru uguns spīd,
In Courland, the Curonian fire shines,
Mūži saule riet, zvaigznes mūži krīt Kurzemē.
Lives ebb like the sun, stars fall like lives in Courland.
Kurzemē bites dzēliens salds,
In Courland, the bee's sting is sweet,
Meži jūra dūc, jūra meži tur šalc.
Forests hum like the sea, the sea roars like forests there.
Uguns, kas dzīva, cauri puteņiem iet,
Fire, still alive, blazes through the snow,
Karsta puķe baltai pasaulei zied.
Blooms as a flower, ardent for the white world.
Balsi pie balss lai šodien pieliekam un
Let our voices join today,
Klausies vecā jūra atkal dun!
Listen the old sea roars again!
Jauniem lai acīs mūžam pavarda guns,
May our youth forever see the hearth fire blaze,
Rokās lai mūžam kalves āmuri dun!
May smiths' hammers forever ring in their hands!
Bāliņš ar baltām rokām likteni kals,
Bāliņš, with his pale hands, will shape his destiny,
Pāri jūrai skanēs viņa balss.
His voice will resonate across the sea.
Kurzemē kūru uguns spīd,
In Courland, the Curonian fire shines,
Mūži saule riet, zvaigznes mūži krīt Kurzemē.
Lives ebb like the sun, stars fall like lives in Courland.
Kurzemē bites dzēliens salds,
In Courland, the bee's sting is sweet,
Meži jūra dūc, jūra meži tur šalc.
Forests hum like the sea, the sea roars like forests there.





Writer(s): Jānis Peters, Raimonds Pauls


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