Текст и перевод песни Raimonds Pauls feat. Ojārs Grīnbergs - 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.

Why Do You Bloom, Hawthorn?

It was May and the hawthorn flower was so white,
Beneath it an old stone bench and table.
It was May and we sat together
On that old stone bench.

Why do you bloom, bitter hawthorn,
So white, so white, like happiness and joy.
Why do you bloom, bitter hawthorn,
Why do you bloom and fall like snow.

Time passes, and no one comes here anymore,
Even the stone is beginning to moss.
Time passes, and the hawthorn blooms in May,
And the wind sings in the branches as it did then.

It was May and the hawthorn flower was so white,
Beneath it an old stone bench and table.
It was May and we sat together
On that old stone bench.