New Year Wishes - Greeting Verses

Well, the Winter Solstice celebrations will have been properly welcomed and celebrated. After all, this year the calendar gave us five free days from 24 to 28 December. The New Year holidays from 30 December to 4 January 2009 will be no shorter.

For the holidays to be full of warmth and cheer, here are some New Year greeting verses from the iinuu notebook.

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In the New Year such vigour,
That pulls one forward with power,
May there be much work and strength,
Love, and a little sin!
Be merry in the old year,
Find happiness in the new!

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Like white tears of happiness
Snow falls over the world.
Cold sorrows melt in the soul,
And joy creeps into the heart.

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...between sunflowers and snow
One can stretch out one's hands
And reach everything
That has been dreamed.

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On the days when you are sad, when you feel so downcast,
Your Angel knows this -
They will gently take you in their arms,
To cherish you and help cheer you up.
On those nights when you are lonely and there is no one to turn to,
Your Angel knows this -
They will gently enfold you in their wings,
To comfort you and remind you they will always be by your side.
And on those days when you are happy and everything falls wonderfully into place,
Your Angel knows this too.

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I want the white world
To have white snows snowing.
And on the white highways
White people walking.
And in those white people
White thoughts to be born.
And white working days
To be white celebrations...

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Before you light a candle in the fir branch,
Light the festive flame in your own heart,
With forgiveness, with understanding,
With a spark of love
And believe - it is within your power
To carry light, as candles do…

/S. Vasiļevska/

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To look with a steady gaze,
To keep warmth in a smile,
To guard happiness in the heart,
To want a little more than the will,
To shine a little further than a ray,
To love with love.

/M. Laukmane/

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At the New Year a cheerful mind,
A table set with glasses of wine,
Zest for life, and health,
And not to fret over every trifle!

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Speak more softly, speak more kindly,
Think brighter thoughts this evening.
May that sparkle that is in the fir tree
Find its way into your heart.

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Slowly, slowly the snows drift,
May they like sweet slumber
Enfold all the sorrows of people,
Leaving not a trace behind.

/Ē. Zālīte/

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I believe there are miracles
That come unhoped for,
And begin to create around themselves
A world of beautiful dreams.
I believe there is happiness
That glows in sacred flames,
And if none of this existed,
Would our hearts feel anything at all?

/J. Poruks/

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When the decorated fir glitters before you,
Each heart begins to beat in a strange way.
The human soul then feels more deeply:
One wishes to be purer, to be better.

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May everyone have lovely gifts
That gladden little hearts,
May the festive table be richly laid
And may everyone get something delicious and sweet.

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In the New Year new happiness,
To scoop up money by the bucketful,
May health come along too,
May the circle of friends not be lacking!

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May all the devils help you,
Some black and some white,
Take a glass of wine in hand
And drink to the New Year!

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In the New Year honey cakes,
A piglet with big ears,
Health, happiness, joy
And an extra lat to spare.

New Year greeting verses - updated 31.12.2011.

Flow, whiteness, pure and lovely,
And bid us be silent now,
May great peace - like acorns in the earth -
Plant us into the new day.

/Mirdza Bendrupe/

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Winter is only a moment if you love someone deeply,
Love has no ice, let the sun's voice be...

/Skaidrīte Kaldupe/

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I wish simply: light -
To send you light,
Which today over snowy fields
Falls from a blue sky.

/Kornēlija Apškrūma/

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Much happiness and much joy!
What is needed - everything! Nothing superfluous!
And what one most wishes to wish:
A little bit of true love!

/Jāzeps Osmanis/