[Par to, k? Kurbads tais?s iet pasaul? laimi mekl?t un veikt liel?kus varo?darbus. Bet nakt? pirms aiziešanas vi?š noklaus?s kukai?u sarunu un uzzina, ka tr?s nokautie milži bija raganu v?ri un tagad raganas grib vi?am un br??iem atmaks?t un ar sav?m burv?b?m vi?us nomait?t...]
Maldu ugunis dedz V?tru sauc Kr?slas palagus sedz Mežu tums? tin P?das jauc
Par avotu k??sti Liec sl?p?m tos m?kt Kad k?ri tie dzers Trejgalvja bend?m B?s atmaks?ts
'Tam avotam p?ri krustu cirtu Kas te dzertu - t?da? mirtu!'
Par p?avu mežmal? k??sti Liec miegam tos m?kt Kad saldi tie gul?s Sešgalvja bend?m B?s atmaks?ts
'Tai p?avai p?ri krustu cirtu Kas te n?ktu - t?da? mirtu!'
'Ko var man raganas padar?t? Jau divas gu? sav?s asin?s!'
Lai divas nom?cis, trešo jau tev neuzveikt Nav v?l izg?jis no vi?as nagiem neviens dz?vs un sveiks
P?r ?su br?di n?k ??ska š??kdama Sp?rnus v?zdama, indi sp?audama
'Ne jau t?ds moš?is k??s man par biedu Tr?s saujas dzirkste?u r?kl? tai sviedu!'
[英译]
[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!'