Translation of the song lyrics Trīs Runči - Edgars Liepiņš, Раймонд Паулс

Trīs Runči (original)

Trīs runči kādā krogā par Rīgas jumtiem dzied
Par jaunību kas garām un arī šķērsām iet
Cik meiteņu ir mīlēts, cik pelīšu ir ķerts
No priekiem un no bēdām cik balderjāņu dzerts
Un saka pirmais runcis, tam donžuāna skats
Kad es vēl puika biju, man bija baiga acs
Par kilometru tumsā, pa trim, kad gaisma svīst
Es manīju kur kaķes pa jumtu kori klīst
Un saka otrais runcis, kad es vēl biju jauns
Ak, vai cik skaists es biju, cik elegants un glauns
Ja ne nu Harijs Liepiņš, tad Jakovļevs, jā gan
Un visas Rīgas kaķes tad pakaļ skrēja man
Un saka trešais runcis to garo runča miau
Es biju pirmais tenors, vairs kaķiem tāda nav
Uz jumta dāmu bariņš man allaž bija klāt
Nudien, pat Kārlis Zariņš tā nespēj uzdziedāt
Trīs runči kādā krogā vēl ilgi maļ un maļ
Par jaunību, kas paiet un nenāk atpakaļ
Bet pienāk jaunais runčuks un saka: «Veči, čau!
Man nav, kas jums reiz bija, bet ir kas jums vairs nav»
Un tādēļ saucam mēs — skaista ir jaunība
Skaista ir jaunība, tā nenāks vairs
Tā nenāks, nenāks vairs, tā neatgriezīsies
Skaista ir jaunība, tā nenāks vairs

Trīs Runči (translation)

Three runners sing in a pub on the roofs of Riga
For the youth that passes and also crosses
How many girls are loved, how many mice are caught
How much Balderjani drank from the joys and sorrows
And says the first tomcat, it has a view of the donut
When I was a boy, I had a scared eye
About a kilometer in the dark, three at a time when the light sweats
I noticed where the cats were roaming the rooftop choir
And says the second tomcat when I was young
Oh, or how beautiful I was, how elegant and glamorous
If not Harry Harry, then Yakovlev, yes
And all the cats in Riga ran after me
And says the third tomcat to the steamy meow
I was the first tenor, cats don't have that anymore
A bunch of ladies on the roof have always been there for me
Today, even Kārlis Zariņš can't sing like that
Three runners in a pub will grind for a long time
For a youth that passes and does not come back
But the new guy arrives and says, "Old man, hello!
I don't have what you once had, but what you don't have anymore »
And that's why we call it beautiful
Youth is beautiful, it will not come anymore
It will not come, it will not come again, it will not return
Youth is beautiful, it will not come anymore