| Egle saka čiekuram:
| Spruce says to the cone:
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| Dēls, nedod sevi vāveram!
| Son, don't give yourself to the squirrel!
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| Tad pēc dažiem sāpju mirkļiem
| Then after a few moments of pain
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| Nebūs Tev vairs nākotnes
| You will have no future
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| Var jau, dēls, ar kamanām
| Already, son, with a sledge
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| Braukt uz spožām istabām
| Drive to bright rooms
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| Raibam jāstāv būs kā klaunam
| The variegated will have to stand like a clown
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| Pēc tam atļaus nomirt jaunam
| You will then be allowed to die
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| Bet kurš gan mūsu mežā galvenais?
| But who is the main thing in our forest?
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| Mēs skaidri zinām — čiekurs egles dēls
| We know clearly - the son of a cone spruce
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| Bet nevis kaut kāds lācis spalvainais
| But not some bear hairy
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| Ne rudā lapsa, pelēks vilks
| Not a brown fox, a gray wolf
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| Labāk tomēr palikt mežā
| However, it is better to stay in the forest
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| Kur tās meitenes ar zēniem
| Where are the girls with the boys
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| Visi rokās sadosies
| Everyone will join hands
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| Un ap stumbru apkārt ies
| And it will go around the trunk
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| Tad tu vēl pēc gadiem simtiem
| Then you after hundreds of years
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| Varbūt pat pēc tūkstošiem
| Maybe even after thousands
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| Teiksi savam čiekuram:
| Say to your cone:
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| Dēls, nedod sevi vāveram!
| Son, don't give yourself to the squirrel!
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| Bet kurš gan mūsu mežā galvenais?
| But who is the main thing in our forest?
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| Mēs skaidri zinām — čiekurs egles dēls
| We know clearly - the son of a cone spruce
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| Bet nevis kaut kāds lācis spalvainais
| But not some bear hairy
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| Ne rudā lapsa, pelēks vilks
| Not a brown fox, a gray wolf
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| Bet kurš gan mūsu mežā galvenais?
| But who is the main thing in our forest?
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| Mēs skaidri zinām — čiekurs egles dēls
| We know clearly - the son of a cone spruce
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| Bet nevis kaut kāds lācis spalvainais
| But not some bear hairy
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| Ne rudā lapsa, pelēks vilks | Not a brown fox, a gray wolf |