Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song mate, artist - Kaspars Dimiters. Date of issue: 24.04.2006
Song language: Latvian
mate(original) |
| Vīrs, kas senāk ziedus Gaujā kaisīja |
| Vakar linu virves cilpu taisīja |
| Svešam pārdots tīrums, vēl svešākam mežs |
| Viss kas bija toreiz — šoreiz jau ir svešs |
| Debesis caur jumtu raugās istabā |
| Izmisums ir kaprīzs — grib lai izdabā |
| Nenāk prieks pēc litra, ne pēc diviem nāk |
| Tā, kā bija toreiz, šoreiz nesanāk |
| Sieva purva dzelmē, palicis vien grozs |
| Dēls aiz restēm Rīgā, meita Rietumos |
| Šūpulīša vraks sen pažobelē pūst |
| Toreiz bij' kā toreiz, šoreiz — būs kā būs |
| Kampa viņš reiz bisi, zagli galēt nost |
| Tumsā ņēmās lode paša suni kost |
| Palicis bez drauga, sāka virvi vīt |
| Tas, kā bija toreiz, šoreiz nebūs rīt |
| Kaktā nokvēpusi mātes bildīte: |
| Būt par bildi viegli — dzīvot gan vairs ne |
| Ja tu satiec Dievu lūdz lai piedod māt |
| Toreiz biji līdzās — šoreiz neesi klāt |
| Atmirdz caurā jumtā savāds blāzmojums |
| Virves galu rokā vīrs to vēro drūms |
| Pēkšņi gaismā atskan mātes vārds tik maigs: |
| Toreiz viss vēl priekšā - šoreiz citāds laiks |
| Krīt no rokas virve — sirdī dzēliens ass |
| Mātes glāstam vīrs kā bērniņš padodas: |
| Ne sev pašam dzīvi, ne sev nāvi lemt |
| Toreiz tevi devu — šoreiz nāku ņemt |
| Māte to caur jumtu paceļ gaisos līdz |
| Kur to gaida sieva, suns un mūžīgs rīts |
| Lejā paliek virve — vienīgs liecinieks |
| Toreiz biji derīgs — šoreiz esi lieks |
| (translation) |
| The man who used to scatter flowers in Gauja |
| Yesterday the loop of the linen rope was made |
| A field was sold to a stranger, a forest to an even stranger |
| Everything that was then is already foreign this time |
| The sky looks into the room through the roof |
| Despair is capricious - it wants to indulge |
| Happiness does not come after a liter, nor after two |
| The way it was then, it is not happening this time |
| The wife is at the bottom of the swamp, only the basket remains |
| Son behind bars in Riga, daughter in West |
| The wreckage of the cradle has long been rotting away |
| Then it was as it was then, this time it will be as it will be |
| In the camp, he will shoot once, to kill the thief |
| In the dark, the bullet started biting the dog itself |
| Left without a friend, he began to twist the rope |
| What was then will not be tomorrow this time |
| Mother's picture smoldering in the corner: |
| Being a picture is easy - living is not |
| If you meet God, ask him to forgive you |
| You were there then - you're not here this time |
| A strange glare flashes in the hole in the roof |
| The man with the end of the rope in his hand watches it grimly |
| Suddenly, the mother's name sounds so soft in the light: |
| Back then, everything is still ahead - this time is a different time |
| A rope falls from the hand - a stinging arrow in the heart |
| A husband like a child surrenders to his mother's caress: |
| To decide neither life nor death for oneself |
| I gave you then - this time I come to take you |
| The mother lifts it through the roof into the air |
| Where a wife, a dog and an eternal morning await |
| A rope remains below, the only witness |
| You were good then - you're redundant this time |