The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #150967   Message #4110972
Posted By: GerryM
22-Jun-21 - 03:37 AM
Thread Name: Summer Solstice songs?
Subject: RE: Searching Summer Solstice Folk Songs
Here is another midsummer "Ligo" song from Latvia. Title is Auga, auga ružena.

The lyrics, in Latgalian, are given there as

Augo augo rožele raudoname darže / Po ta rože guli jauna mergina / Ai, mergele, tave moitna šauke / Žinau, žinau, suprantu, suprantu, kad mane motina šauke / Nori mane motina už to senio leisti / Aš to senio visai nenorejau / Aš ta seni pro vartus išleidau / Akmeni sviedžiau / Ai, seni, neatsigežk atgal! / Kad tu taip nueitum, kad nebegrižtum! / Nori mane motina tam jaunam atiduoti / Aš ta jauna pamilau / Klausysiu mamytes, pas ta jauna eisiu / Aš tam jaunam vainikeli duosiu.

And in English (the person posting it warns it's not a great translation),

Grew, grew a red rose in a garden,
Under the rose, under the rose a young girl sleeps.
Hey girl, hey girl, mother is calling you,
I know, I know, I understand, I understand, why mother's calling me.
Mother wants to give me to that old one,
I that old one, I that old one, being small did not want,
I sent that old one through the gates,
Through the gates I sent him, threw a rock at him,
Oh old one, oh old one, don't look back,
Go and don't come back!
Mother wants to give me to that young one,
I that young one, I that young one, being small fell in love with,
I'll obey my mother and go with the young one,
To the young one, to the young one I'll give my crown!