| Reiz dzīvoja Skrundā seši taupīgi brāli
| Six frugal brothers once lived in Skrunda
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| Taupības nolūkos piedzima reizē pa trim
| In order to save money, three were born at a time
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| Vienā klasē tie mācījās atņemt un dalīt
| In one class, they learned to subtract and divide
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| Uz sešiem tie izdzēra piecdesmit gramus no simts
| At six they drank fifty grams out of a hundred
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| Aiz skopuma sieviete brāļiem bij' kopīga viena
| Out of greed, the woman brothers had one thing in common
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| To lietoja bračka, kurš iznāca pirmais no trim
| It was used by a bracka who came out first out of three
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| Pārējie rakstīja vēstules mātei uz Ķīnu
| The others wrote letters to their mother in China
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| Un iedzēra taupīgi piecdesmit gramus no simts
| And drank fifty grams of a hundred
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| Bet varēja būt savādāk
| But it could have been different
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| Ja viņu vietā būtu piedzimusi kaut vai tikai viena māsa
| If only one sister had been born in their place
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| Un likten’s paliek parādā un stāsta mums par to
| And destiny remains in debt and tells us about it
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| Ka varavīksnei pietrūkusi viena krāsa
| That the rainbow was missing one color
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| Taupības nolūkos ēda tie indīgas sēnes
| They ate poisonous mushrooms to save money
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| Drēbes tie valkāja pārmaiņus divi no trim
| The clothes they wore alternately two out of three
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| Ne pie viena tie negāja ciemos, jo tas bija dārgi
| They did not visit anyone, because it was expensive
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| Labāk iedzēra mājās tos piecdesmit gramus no simts
| Fifty grams out of a hundred drank at home
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| Bet varēja būt savādāk
| But it could have been different
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| Ja viņu vietā būtu piedzimusi kaut vai tikai viena māsa
| If only one sister had been born in their place
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| Un likten’s paliek parādā un stāsta mums par to
| And destiny remains in debt and tells us about it
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| Ka varavīksnei pietrūkusi viena krāsa
| That the rainbow was missing one color
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| Bet varēja būt savādāk
| But it could have been different
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| Ja viņu vietā būtu piedzimusi kaut vai tikai viena māsa
| If only one sister had been born in their place
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| Un likten’s paliek parādā un stāsta mums par to
| And destiny remains in debt and tells us about it
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| Ka varavīksnei pietrūkusi viena krāsa | That the rainbow was missing one color |