[Noburtais Mežs]
[Par to, kÄ Kurbads taisÄs iet pasaulÄ“ laimi meklÄ“t un veikt lielÄkus varoņdarbus. Bet naktÄ« pirms aizieÅ¡anas viņš noklausÄs kukaiņu sarunu un uzzina, ka trÄ«s nokautie milži bija raganu vÄ«ri un tagad raganas grib viņam un brÄļiem atmaksÄt un ar savÄm burvÄ«bÄm viņus nomaitÄt...]
Maldu ugunis dedz
VÄ“tru sauc
Krēslas palagus sedz
Mežu tumsÄ tin
PÄ“das jauc
Par avotu kļūsti
Liec slÄpÄ“m tos mÄkt
Kad kÄri tie dzers
Trejgalvja bendēm
BÅ«s atmaksÄts
- "Tam avotam pÄri krustu cirtu
Kas te dzertu - tūdaļ mirtu!"
Ļaunas zīmes bur
Indevi vÄri
Kaula adatu dur
Zirnekļa tÄ«klu ceļam velc pÄri
Par pļavu mežmalÄ kļūsti
Liec miegam tos mÄkt
Kad saldi tie gulēs
Sešgalvja bendēm
BÅ«s atmaksÄts
- "Tai pļavai pÄri krustu cirtu
Kas te nÄktu - tÅ«daļ mirtu!"
- "Ko var man raganas padarīt?
Jau divas guļ savÄs asinÄ«s!"
Lai divas nomÄcis, treÅ¡o jau tev neuzveikt
Nav vÄ“l izgÄjis no viņas nagiem neviens dzÄ«vs un sveiks
PÄr Ä«su brÄ«di nÄk ÄÅ«ska šņÄkdama
SpÄrnus vÄ“zdama, indi spļaudama
- "Ne jau tÄds moÅ¡Ä·is kļūs man par biedu
Trīs saujas dzirksteļu rīklē tai sviedu!"
[English translation:]
[Kurbads decides to go and seek his fortune across the world and do greater deeds. But on the night before he leaves, he hears little bugs speaking and finds out that the three ogres were the husbands of three witches, who have sworn vengeance and with their dark magic seek to kill him and his brothers...]
Let loose the wildfires
Call forth the storm
Lay sheets of dusk
Wrap the forest in darkness
Cover the tracks
Turn yourself into a springhead
Let them feel thirst
And when they hungrily drink
Death of the Three-headed ogre will be avenged
I slash my sword crosswise over the spring
Those who come here to drink – they will die!
Conjure evil signs
Boil the poison
Prick the needle of bone
Weave cobwebs across the road
Turn yourself into a meadow on fringe of the forest
Let them feel fatigued
And when they fall asleep
Death of the Six-headed ogre will be avenged
I slash my sword crosswise over the meadow
Those who come here – they will die!
- "What can witches do to me?
Two already lie in their own blood!"
You've killed two, but the third is undefeatable
For no one has escaped her claws with their lives
Shortly the Snake Witch comes across the sky
Flapping her wings and spitting poison
- "No monster like this can frighten me
Three fistfuls of sparks I will hurl down her throat!"