Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Anzej Panzej« z angleškim prevodom.
Anzej Panzej peč podrl, notr skoču, jo podprl. Otroci so dejali: 'Tako je prav, da nam je Anzej Panzej kruha dal'.
#English translation
Anzej Panzej knocked the oven down, jumped inside and propped it up. The children said: "That's only right, that Anzej Panzej gave us bread."
#Anzej Panzej at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- traditional nonsense rhyme; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This is a scrap of pure Slovenian nonsense, of the kind that lives in the playground rather than the songbook. Its hero is a rhyming, made-up character — Anzej Panzej — who knocks down an oven, jumps inside it, and props it back up again, whereupon the children solemnly conclude that this is only right, since “Anzej Panzej gave us bread”. The logic is gloriously beside the point.
Like counting-out rhymes and other bits of nursery nonsense, its charm is the sound of the name and the absurdity of the little scene, not any real meaning. No author is recorded — it is a traditional rhyme handed down by ear among children — and it survives for the same reason all good nonsense does: it is fun to say, and it makes just enough sense to be funny.
Common questions
- What is "Anzej Panzej" about?
- Very little, cheerfully. A character called Anzej Panzej knocks down an oven, jumps inside and props it back up — and the children declare it only right, because "Anzej Panzej gave us bread". It reads like a scrap of nonsense about a comic baker.
- Who is Anzej Panzej?
- Just a nonsense name — a rhyming, made-up character, of the kind that populate counting-out and playground rhymes. He is there for the sound and the silliness, not for any real story.
- Who wrote "Anzej Panzej"?
- No author is recorded; it is a traditional Slovenian nonsense rhyme, of the kind passed on by ear among children.
