Lakstīgala kroni pina
"The Nightingale Made a Wreath"

Latvian song	Free translation	Word-for-word translation
Lakstīgala kroni pina Manā rožu dārziņā.	The nightingale has made a wreath (of flowers) In my rose garden.	nightingale-nom.sg. crown/wreath-acc.sg. weave/plait-3rd.p.pst. my-loc.sg. rose-gen.pl. garden-dim.loc.sg.
Māte mani rātin rāja, Ka es liela dziedātāj'.	My mother constantly rebuked me That I sang too much.	mother-nom.sg. me-acc.sg. rebuke/chide-emph. rebuke/chide-3rd.p.pst. that I-nom.sg. big-fem.nom.sg. singer-(fem.nom.sg.)
Tā, māmiņa, tava vaina, Ka es liela dziedātāj'.	Mother, it's your fault That I sing so much.	that/it-fem.nom.sg. mother-dim.voc.sg. your-2nd.p.sg. fault-nom.sg. that I-nom.sg. big-fem.nom.sg. singer-(fem.nom.sg.)
Kam tu kāri šūpulīti Kur pogoja lakstīgal'?	Why did you hang my cradle Where the nightingale warbles its song?	why/for-what you-2nd.p.sg. hang-2nd.p.sg.pst. cradle-dim.acc.sg. where warble-3rd.p.pst. nightingale-(nom.sg.)
Ne man miega, ne darbiņa, Lakstīgalu klausoties.	I can neither sleep nor work Listening to the nightingale.	not me-dat.sg. sleep-gen.sg. not work-dim.gen.sg. nightingale-acc.sg. listen-refl.-indecl.ppl.