Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Diči, diči, diča« z angleškim prevodom.
(Na kolenu)
#Diči, diči, diča, Urno na konjiča, Na konjiča vranega, Dobro osedlanega!
#Diči, diči, diča, Deček nima biča, Deček nima ni ostrog, Da pognal bi konja v log.
#English translation
(On the knee) Dici, dici, diča, quick, onto the little horse, onto the little black horse, the well-saddled one! Dici, dici, diča, the boy has no whip, the boy has no spurs to drive the horse into the meadow.
#Diči, diči, diča at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- traditional knee-riding rhyme; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
How to sing it
- Sit the child on your knees, facing you, and hold their hands.
- Bounce them gently in time as the little rider on the black horse.
- Jog a little faster on the galloping lines, then slow to a stop.
Meaning and origin
This is a Slovenian knee-riding rhyme — the stage direction na kolenu, “on the knee”, says it all. A small child sits on a grown-up’s knees and is bounced in time, imagining themselves a rider on a fine black horse, “well saddled” and ready to go. It is the Slovenian member of a big family of knee-bouncing rhymes sung the world over, all built on the same simple, delightful game of jogging a child up and down.
The words keep the ride gentle and good-humoured. The little rider — the deček, the boy — has neither whip nor spurs to drive the horse off into the meadow, so there is no wild galloping, just a happy, steady bounce. No author is recorded; it is a traditional rhyme handed down among Slovenian families, and its whole pleasure is the oldest one there is: a child on a knee, a grown-up’s hands to hold, and a make-believe horse to ride.
Common questions
- How do you play "Diči, diči, diča"?
- As a knee-riding game — the note "(na kolenu)" means "on the knee". You sit a small child on your knees and bounce them in rhythm, as though they were riding a fine, well-saddled black horse. It is the Slovenian counterpart of the knee-bouncing rhymes found in many languages.
- What do the words say?
- They picture the ride: quick, onto the little horse — a black horse, well saddled! — but the little rider (the "deček", the boy) has no whip and no spurs to drive the horse into the meadow, which keeps the bouncing gentle and good-humoured.
- Who wrote "Diči, diči, diča"?
- No author is recorded; it is a traditional Slovenian knee-riding rhyme, handed down among families for bouncing small children.
