Tell us, Kurbads, where have you been

In the foreign lands what you have seen?

People have long sung songs about you

Of devils and monsters you have fought



I have been in the Underworld

Can anyone believe that?

I chopped down three devils there

And saved the king's daughter



Tell us, Kurbads, say the truth

How did you descend into the Underworld?

Did it really go easy for you?

And how did you ever return back home?



It was hard down there

But I had powerful words with me *

They helped and protected me

Even Laima herself paved my way



The Snake Witch bit my rope in two

I fell back

And was forced to go and find another way out



The monstrous werewolf I overcame

I helped a blind man

Regain his eyesight

The nestling of a great eagle

I saved from the hail

For such deeds Eagle repaid me greatly



Great eagle carried me

Out to the surface

Then I arrived home at last

That's how it was

That's what happened to me in the Underworld



[*Powerful words:]

I was born a child of iron

A mother of steel gave me life

I put on a jacket of iron

A coat made of steel

They struck at me, stabbed at me

Like a block of oak

They couldn't hit or stab me

Like to a chunk of steel