Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Biba leze« z angleškim prevodom.
Biba leze, biba gre, da bi prišla do gore, do gore, do biser vode, kamor nihče drug ne more. Pod goro je vrt meden, biba leze, da bo njen, po drevesih so kolači, med cedi se po pogači.
#Iz studenca mleko teče, kar želi si vsak naj reče, biba se vode napila, pravo pot je zgrešila.
#English translation
The little bug crawls, the little bug goes, to reach the mountain, to the mountain, to the pearl water, where no one else can go. Below the mountain is a garden of honey, the little bug crawls, so it will be hers, on the trees hang cakes, honey drips over the flatbread. From the spring flows milk, let everyone wish for what they like, the little bug drank the water and lost the right way.
#Biba leze at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- Slovenian folk children's rhyme; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- lullaby, traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This is one of the dreamiest little rhymes in the Slovenian nursery, closer to a lullaby than a game. Its hero is a biba — a tiny crawling creature, the nursery word for a little bug or a crawling baby — inching off on a fabulous journey toward a mountain of “pearl water” where no one else can go. What waits there is a child’s paradise of plenty: a honey garden below the mountain, cakes hanging from the trees, honey dripping over the flatbread, and a spring that flows with milk where you may wish for whatever you like.
There is even a soft, wandering ending: the little bug, having drunk from the spring, loses the right path — the way a child’s mind wanders off toward sleep. The whole rhyme has that quality of a half-dream, all sweetness and drifting, which is why it is often sung quietly at bedtime. It is a Slovenian folk children’s rhyme with no single reliably recorded author, and its magic land of honey and cake is exactly the kind of place a small child likes to fall asleep imagining.
Common questions
- What is "Biba leze" about?
- A tiny crawling creature — a "biba" — on a magical journey. It creeps toward a mountain of "pearl water" where no one else can go; below the mountain is a honey garden, cakes hang on the trees, and honey drips over the flatbread. At a milk spring, everyone may wish for what they like — but the biba, having drunk, loses its way. It is a dreamy, almost lullaby-like fantasy of plenty.
- What is a "biba"?
- "Biba" is a Slovenian nursery word for a tiny crawling thing — a little bug, or affectionately a crawling baby. Here it is the small hero creeping off toward a land made of sweets.
- Where is "Biba leze" from?
- It is a Slovenian folk children's rhyme with no single reliably recorded author, gathered among the traditional nursery songs and often sung softly, close to a lullaby.
