Paroles et traduction Raimonds Pauls - Kam ziedi, mežābele

Kam ziedi, mežābele

Bij' maijs un mežābeles zieds tik balts,
Zem tā vecs akmens sols un galds.
Bij' maijs un sēdējām mēs divatā
Uz vecā akmens sola tā.

Kam ziedi, mežābele rūgtā,
Tik balta, balta tu kā laime un kā prieks.
Kam ziedi, mežābele rūgtā,
Kam ziedi tu un nobirsti kā sniegs.

Iet laiks, un vairs neviens te neatnāk,
Pat akmens apsūnot jau sāk.
Iet laiks, un mežābele maijā zied,
Un vējš kā toreiz zaros dzied.

Bij' maijs un mežābeles zieds tik balts,
Zem tā vecs akmens sols un galds.
Bij' maijs un sēdējām mēs divatā
Uz vecā akmens sola tā.

Flowers for you, forest apple tree

It was May and the hawthorn's flowers so white,
Under it an old stone bench and table.
It was May and we sat, just you and I,
On that old stone bench beneath the tree.

For whom do you bloom, bitter hawthorn,
So white, white as happiness and joy.
For whom do you bloom, bitter hawthorn,
For whom do you bloom and fall like snow.

Time goes by, and no one comes here anymore,
Even the stone has begun to gather moss.
Time goes by, and the hawthorn blooms in May,
And the wind whispers in the leaves as it did then.

It was May and the hawthorn's flowers so white,
Under it an old stone bench and table.
It was May and we sat, just you and I,
On that old stone bench beneath the tree.