Lyrics of Dzeguzes balss - Menuets, Imants Kalniņš

Dzeguzes balss (original)

Starp mašīnām, motoriem, meitenēm
Uz ielu stūriem, kas salst;
Starp rēcieniem, rūcieniem, svilpieniem
Murgs vai sveiciens
Dzeguzes balss!
Ko tu, jocīgā, blandies pa pilsētu?
Basām kājām pa sniegu kas dzen?
Nē, tavs «ku-ku» par naivu šim gadsimtam
Tāpēc mēs viņu atmetām sen!
Mēs to norakām bedrē, sirds stūrī
Bet, kad mazliet atlaidās sals
Tad kā naiva narcise izlīda —
Dzeguzes balss!
Mēs to atdevām vienai meitenei
Viņa lika starp lapām, lai kalst;
Un tā vienmēr, ja nesalst starp sniegiem
Tad starp lapām kalst
Dzeguzes balss!
Bet ja meitene paraustīs plecus
Tad tu nepaliec ilgi vairs tur
Nevar prasīt, lai visi to saprot
Ko tev nozīmē naivais «ku-ku»!
Ej kā apmātais
Tātad kā brīvais
Garām uzrakstiem «tirgus» un «cirks»
Hali-gali un šeika vietā
Vienu dzeguzes balsi pirkt!
Ej kā apmātais
Tātad kā brīvais
Garām uzrakstiem «tirgus» un «cirks»
Hali-gali un šeika vietā
Vienu dzeguzes balsi pirkt!

(translation)

Between cars, motorbikes, girls
On street corners that freeze;
Between growls, growls, whistles
Nightmare or welcome
The voice of the cuckoo!
What the hell are you doing wandering around town?
Who drives barefoot in the snow?
No, your "ku-ku" is too naive for this century
That's why we dropped him a long time ago!
We bury it in the hole, in the corner of the heart
But when the frost subsided a little
Then like a naïve narcissist slipped out—
The voice of the cuckoo!
We gave it to one girl
She put between the leaves to forge;
And so always, if it's not freezing between the snows
Then it withers between the leaves
The voice of the cuckoo!
But if the girl shrugs
Then you don't stay there long
You can't ask everyone to understand it
What does naive "ku-ku" mean to you!
Go crazy
So as a free
Along the inscriptions "market" and "circus"
Instead of Hali-gali and Sheikh
Buy one cuckoo's voice!
Go crazy
So as a free
Along the inscriptions "market" and "circus"
Instead of Hali-gali and Sheikh
Buy one cuckoo's voice!