| Viņam dvēsele bija tik plaša
| His soul was so wide
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| Ka jebkuram tas uzsmaidīja
| That everyone smiled
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| Pliks un nabags, bez krekla, bez graša
| Bald and poor, without a shirt, without a penny
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| Sirdīs caurumus aizlāpīja
| Holes in their hearts were patched
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| Kur tas adatu ņēma un diegus
| Where it took the needle and thread
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| To nekad neviens neprasīja
| Nobody ever asked for that
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| Varbūt vētras un migla un lietus
| Maybe storms and fog and rain
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| Tos ar vēju tam piegādāja
| They were delivered to him by the wind
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| Bet tu pūt, vējiņ, pūt
| But you blow, wind, blow
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| Vai plīst tur vai lūst
| Will tear there or break
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| Tev vienmēr ir jāpagūst!
| You always have to gain!
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| Bet tu pūt, vējiņ, pūt
| But you blow, wind, blow
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| Gan viņus, gan mūs
| Both them and us
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| Varbūt nāksies reiz aizlāpīt!
| Maybe you'll have to patch up once!
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| Ja kāds jautāja, kā viņu sauca
| If anyone asked what his name was
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| Daudzi mulsa un atrunājās
| Many mumbled and spoke
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| Ļaudis vārdus un uzvārdus jauca
| People confused names and surnames
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| Knapi savējos atcerējās
| Knapi remembered his own
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| Tā tas gāja līdz nākamai reizei
| That's how it went until next time
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| Kamēr atkal jau kāds iesaucās:
| While someone exclaimed again:
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| «Atnāc, lūdzu un izglāb un aizej
| "Come and save and go
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| Lai tie vainīgie pasakās!»
| May those guilty in fairy tales! ”
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| Bet tu pūt, vējiņ, pūt
| But you blow, wind, blow
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| Vai plīst tur vai lūst
| Will tear there or break
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| Tev vienmēr ir jāpagūst!
| You always have to gain!
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| Bet tu pūt, vējiņ, pūt
| But you blow, wind, blow
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| Gan viņus, gan mūs
| Both them and us
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| Varbūt nāksies reiz aizlāpīt!
| Maybe you'll have to patch up once!
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| Un nekad tam nav bijis neviena
| And it has never had anyone
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| Kas par skroderi izmācītu
| What about a tailor
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| Kā vien simtsreiz cauršautā siena
| Like a wall shot a hundred times
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| Starp meliem un patiesību
| Between lies and truth
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| Un nekad tam nav bijis neviena
| And it has never had anyone
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| Kas par skroderi izmācītu
| What about a tailor
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| Kā vien simtsreiz cauršautā siena
| Like a wall shot a hundred times
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| Starp meliem un patiesību
| Between lies and truth
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| Bet tu pūt, vējiņ, pūt
| But you blow, wind, blow
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| Vai plīst tur vai lūst
| Will tear there or break
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| Tev vienmēr ir jāpagūst!
| You always have to gain!
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| Bet tu pūt, vējiņ, pūt
| But you blow, wind, blow
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| Gan viņus, gan mūs
| Both them and us
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| Varbūt nāksies reiz aizlāpīt!
| Maybe you'll have to patch up once!
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| Bet tu pūt, vējiņ, pūt
| But you blow, wind, blow
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| Vai plīst tur vai lūst
| Will tear there or break
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| Tev vienmēr ir jāpagūst!
| You always have to gain!
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| Bet tu pūt, vējiņ, pūt
| But you blow, wind, blow
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| Gan viņus, gan mūs
| Both them and us
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| Varbūt nāksies reiz aizlāpīt! | Maybe you'll have to patch up once! |