Kas tie tadi - Latvian Folksong, arr: Steven Sametz
Performed by The Princeton Singers - Steven Sametz, director
Published Alliance Publications AMP 0087
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Text:
Kas tie tadi kas dziedaja, bez saulites vakar?
Tie ir visi bara berni bargu kungu klausitaj.
Kurin ugun silda gaisu slauka gauzas asara,
Krimta cietu pelav maizi avotina mercedam.
Aaulit lasa uziekdama zelta rasas lasites:
Ta nebija zelta rasa, tas barinu asarin
Translation:
Who are they who weep at sunset?
They are orphans subject to a cruel master.
So dry the tear, dip the crust of bread
and huddle closer to the fire.
The little sun gathers rising golden dewdrops.
That was not golden dew: those were little orphan’s tears.