Dešimt žvakių

Ten candles

Your goalI can wish someone happy birthday, give a present, and say if I'm married, if I have children and where my parents live.

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Saturday. Balloons in the courtyard, a long table, a cake with ten candles. Elzė's mother, the town doctor, is here too, with the usual party questions: Are you married? Do you have children? And your parents, where do they live? Then Ona turns the photo round: a boy of ten with a trumpet and a terrible haircut, at a window of number 7. Jonas grew up in your flat.

Saturday afternoon. Balloons in the courtyard, a long table, and the whole house.
Elzė
Labas! Šiandien mano gimtadienis! Man jau dešimt!
Hi! It's my birthday today! I'm ten now!
Su gimtadieniu, Elze! Čia tau – nuo manęs ir nuo Jono.
Happy birthday, Elzė! This is for you, from me and from Jonas.
Su gimtadieniu, Elze! Čia tau – nuo manęs ir nuo Jono.
Happy birthday, Elzė! This is for you, from me and from Jonas.
She tears off the paper.
Elzė
Piešimo albumas! Geltonas! Labai ačiū!
A sketchbook! A yellow one! Thank you so much!
Rūta carries out a big cake with ten candles.
Rūta
O štai ir tortas! Dešimt žvakių!
And here's the cake! Ten candles!
Elzė
Viena, dvi, trys... Visos dešimt!
One, two, three... All ten!
A tall woman with a light-brown ponytail sits down next to you.
Daiva
Laba diena! Aš Daiva, Elzės mama. Jūs – naujas kaimynas?
Good day! I'm Daiva, Elzė's mother. You're the new neighbour?
Daiva
Laba diena! Aš Daiva, Elzės mama. Jūs – nauja kaimynė?
Good day! I'm Daiva, Elzė's mother. You're the new neighbour?
Taip. Labai malonu!
Yes. Nice to meet you!
Taip. Labai malonu!
Yes. Nice to meet you!
Daiva
Man irgi malonu. Sakykite, ar jūs vedęs?
Nice to meet you too. Tell me, are you married?
Daiva
Man irgi malonu. Sakykite, ar jūs ištekėjusi?
Nice to meet you too. Tell me, are you married?
Ne, nevedęs.
No, I'm not married.
Ne, netekėjusi.
No, I'm not married.
Daiva
O vaikų turite?
And do you have children?
Ne, vaikų neturiu.
No, I don't have children.
Ne, vaikų neturiu.
No, I don't have children.
Daiva
O tėvai? Kur jie gyvena?
And your parents? Where do they live?
Mano tėvai gyvena Hamburge.
My parents live in Hamburg.
Mano tėvai gyvena Hamburge.
My parents live in Hamburg.
Ona
Daiva, aš jau viską žinau. Jis nevedęs, vaikų neturi, tėvai – Hamburge.
Daiva, I already know all that. Not married, no children, parents in Hamburg.
Ona
Daiva, aš jau viską žinau. Ji netekėjusi, vaikų neturi, tėvai – Hamburge.
Daiva, I already know all that. Not married, no children, parents in Hamburg.
Daiva laughs.
Daiva
Žinoma. Mama viską žino.
Of course. Mum knows everything.
Ona takes out the photo that always faced the wall and turns it round: a boy of ten with a trumpet and a terrible haircut, at a window of number 7.
Ona
Dešimt metų... Žiūrėkite. Čia jam irgi dešimt.
Ten years old... Look. He's ten here too.
Tai mano langas!
That's my window!
Tai mano langas!
That's my window!
Jonas
O čia aš. Aš gyvenau tavo bute, kai buvau mažas.
And that's me. I lived in your flat when I was little.
Elzė
Jonai! Kokia šukuosena!
Jonas! What a haircut!
Ona
Taip. Baisi šukuosena. Štai kodėl – veidu į sieną.
Yes. A terrible haircut. That's why it faced the wall.
Ona
Jonai, pagrok mums, prašau.
Jonas, play for us, please.
Jonas
Dabar? Dieną?
Now? In the daytime?
Ona
Taip. Dieną galima.
Yes. In the daytime it's allowed.
For once, the trumpet plays in daylight, and the whole house sings.
Ona
Ilgiausių metų, ilgiausių metų!
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!
Micius walks off across the courtyard with one of the candles in his mouth.
Elzė
Miciau! Mano dešimta žvakė!
Micius! My tenth candle!
Ona
Nieko tokio. Jis irgi nori gimtadienio.
Never mind. He wants a birthday too.