Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Jaz pa grem na zeleno travco« z angleškim prevodom.
Jaz pa grem na zeleno travco, trgat rožce za mojo mamco, trgat rožce za mojo mamco, lepe bele marjetice.
#English translation
I'm off to the green grass, to pick flowers for my mummy, to pick flowers for my mummy, lovely white daisies.
#Jaz pa grem na zeleno travco at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- Slovenian folk children's song; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This is one of the simplest and sweetest songs in the Slovenian nursery — a single tender image, sung in a few easy words. A child goes out onto the green meadow to pick flowers for their mummy: lovely white daisies, gathered into a little bunch as a gift. There is no more to it than that, and there does not need to be.
Its plainness is its virtue. As a first song for very young children — one clear picture, a gentle repeated line — it is easy to learn and easy to love, and it carries, in miniature, one of the warmest impulses of childhood: to go out, gather something beautiful, and bring it home to the person you love best. It is a traditional Slovenian folk song with no known author, and it has stayed a favourite precisely because it asks so little and gives so much.
Common questions
- What is "Jaz pa grem na zeleno travco" about?
- A small, loving errand. The child goes out onto the green grass to pick flowers for their mummy — lovely white daisies. That is the whole song: a simple picture of a child gathering a bunch of flowers as a gift.
- Why is "Jaz pa grem na zeleno travco" so short and simple?
- Because it is a first song for very young children — one clear image, easy words, and a gentle repeated line. Its simplicity is exactly what makes it a good early song to learn and sing.
- Who wrote "Jaz pa grem na zeleno travco"?
- No author is recorded; it is a traditional Slovenian folk children's song, handed down by ear.
