2018.10.08.
Sun, Thunder, Daugava
The Sun placed LatviaThere, where the ends meet
White sea, green earth
Latvia had the key to the gate.
Latvia had the key to the gate,
Protector of the river Daugava
Strangers broke the gate
Into the sea fell the key.
The Thunder* threw bolts of lightning,
From the devils he took the key.
Latvia locked in death, life,
The white sea, the green earth.
The Sun placed Latvia
On the shore of the white sea
Winds stirred up the sand
What will Latvia’s children drink?
The Sun told God
To dig the Daugava.
Animals dug, God poured
From a cloud the water of life.
The water of life, the water of death
Flowed together in the Daugava.
I dip in a fingertip
I feel both in my soul.
The water of death, the water of life
I feel both in my soul.
The Sun is our mother
The Daugava is the nanny of our pains.
The Thunder, who delivered a blow to the devil
He is our father.