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KÇvi (Bonus)Saltas ziemas bezmēness naktīsKad tu debesīs skaties Dzimst tur sarkana gaisma Noslēpumaina, baisa Tālu ziemeļos atmirdz Asinskrāsām spēlē Bailēs sirds sastingst Kas tie tādi – tie ir Kāvi Ko tie grib – tie nes nāvi Iznīcību, postu, badu Velinam tie paša rada Jāj asinssarkani tēli Melnā vakarā vēli Skan vaidu dziesma Ugunīs debess liesmo Tā teic sirmi vīri: "Nu atgriežas mājās Kas reiz jūra gāja" Tālā Ziemeļkrastā pūst viņu kauli Nekad nerast mieru tiem Veļu saulē Un tā viņi vienmēr jās pirms ļauna diena nāks Tie - zemes lāsts Nakts karotāji veļu zirgos baltos Trakiem aulēkšiem tie steidz lai atkal kautos Skan vaidu dziesmu Melnā vakarā vēli Mirdz asins gaisma baisā Pār debesīm jāj Kāvi In the moonless dark of freezing winter When you stare up into the sky Behold the red light that shimmers there Mysterious and eerie… Far to the North it is flashing above Bloody colours are playing there And hearts below seize with fear Who are they - they are Kāvi What do they want - they bring death War, devastation and famine For they are kinsmen of Velin Blood-red silhouettes ride Through the black night A song of moans resounds As the sky is blazing in their fire Old men say: "Now come home they Who went away to sea" On distant Northern shores their bones are rotting They cannot find peace in the world beyond So their ghosts will always ride, envoys of evil days They are the curse of the earth Night warriors on white horses of the Otherworld Gallop raging to fight again A song of moans resounds Through the black night Bloody shades glittering ghastly Kāvi rides over the sky * Kāvi are a mythological manifestation of the Arctic Lights, sometimes also called the Northern Lights. In olden times, people believed they were the restless spirits of fallen warriors, still engaged in great battles in the sky. The Kāvi foreshadowed times of hardship, and their appearances were thought to signify the approach of war, or evil days of starvation and sickness. |