| Gana dzerts, nu, gana
| Pretty drunk, well, pretty much
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| Sirds vai gluži mundra
| Heart or quite cheerful
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| Kas tas — burinieks?
| Who is a sailor?
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| Hei, jūs, vecie jūras vilki, nāciet šurpu, hei!
| Hey, you old sea wolves, come here, hey!
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| Burinieks šūpojas tālumā
| The sailor swings in the distance
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| Kur aiziet tas rītausmas bālumā
| Where does it go at dawn
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| Uz tāda reiz braucu pats
| I drove to one myself once
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| Kad biju jauns, biju stalts
| When I was young, I was stately
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| Hei, draugi, vai viļņus tur nedzenā
| Hey, friends, or the waves aren't there
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| Vai buras nav piepūtis gredzenā?
| Aren't the sails inflated in the ring?
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| Kā jaunības dienās vējš tas pats, kas ceļā šalc
| As in the days of youth, the wind is the same as the wind
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| Ek, sirdī tas laiks vēl skan
| Ek, that time is still in my heart
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| Jūras vējš dzied spīvs
| The sea breeze sings
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| No draugiem, kas bij' reiz man
| From friends who were once me
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| Tikai dažs vairs šodien dzīvs
| Only a few are alive today
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| Vasara, rudens vai ziema tā
| Summer, autumn or winter so
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| Es pielāpu tīklus nu ciematā
| I patched the nets in the village
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| Kā senajās dienās vēl
| As in the old days yet
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| Kad biju jauns, biju stalts
| When I was young, I was stately
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| Hei, draugi, vai viļņus tur nedzenā
| Hey, friends, or the waves aren't there
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| Vai buras nav piepūtis gredzenā?
| Aren't the sails inflated in the ring?
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| Kā jaunības dienās vējš tas pats, kas ceļā šalc
| As in the days of youth, the wind is the same as the wind
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| Ek, sirdī tas laiks vēl skan
| Ek, that time is still in my heart
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| Jūras vējš dzied spīvs
| The sea breeze sings
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| No draugiem, kas bij' reiz man
| From friends who were once me
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| Tikai dažs vairs šodien dzīvs
| Only a few are alive today
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| Hei, draugi, vai viļņus tur nedzenā
| Hey, friends, or the waves aren't there
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| Vai buras nav piepūtis gredzenā?
| Aren't the sails inflated in the ring?
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| Kā jaunības dienās vējš tas pats, kas ceļā šalc | As in the days of youth, the wind is the same as the wind |