Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Jaz sem mala roža« z angleškim prevodom.
Jaz sem mala roža, roža mamina, mamica me boža, rada me ima.
#V šolo že zahajam, pridno se učim, mamici pomagam in je ne jezim.
#Ko pa v hlače kakam vse okrog smrdi, jaz sem tvoja roža, vohaj me še ti.
#V šoli so mi djali, tamkaj za goro, tam so sami bratci, milo jokajo.
#To pač mora biti strašno in hudo, mamico izgubiti, jokati za njo.
#English translation
I'm a little rose, mummy's rose, mummy strokes me, she loves me so. I already go to school, I study hard, I help my mummy and don't make her cross. But when I poop in my pants and everything around me stinks, I'm your rose — so you smell me too. At school they told me, there beyond the mountain, there are only little brothers, weeping softly. It must, I suppose, be terrible and hard, to lose your mummy, and to weep for her.
#Jaz sem mala roža at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- Slovenian children's song; author unknown (mixed with parody verses)
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
At its heart this is a sweet little song about being loved by your mother: the child is “mummy’s little rose”, stroked and cherished, already off to school, studying hard, helping out and trying not to make mummy cross. That tender bond — child and mother, rose and gardener — is the song’s real subject, and its first verses are as gentle as can be.
But the version imported here is the song as children actually pass it around, and that means it has picked up some company. A cheeky playground parody verse — about pooping one’s pants and inviting mummy to “smell me too” — sits right in the middle, and a couple of wistful verses follow, about children beyond the mountain who weep at losing their mother. It is an odd, very human mixture of the sweet, the rude and the sad, exactly the way a much-loved song gets reshaped in the schoolyard. No single author is recorded; we present it honestly, cheeky bits and all, as a traditional song remade by the children who sing it.
Common questions
- What is "Jaz sem mala roža" about?
- Being loved by your mother. The child is "mummy's little rose", stroked and loved; already at school, studying hard, helping mummy and not making her cross. The tender core of the song is that simple bond between child and mother.
- Why do some verses seem cheeky or sad?
- Because this version is a mix. The sweet original has picked up the way children often treat a well-known song: a naughty parody verse (about pooping in one's pants — "smell me too") sits alongside more wistful verses about children beyond the mountain who weep at losing their mother. It is the song as it really gets sung, cheeky bits and all.
- Who wrote "Jaz sem mala roža"?
- No single author is recorded; it is treated as a traditional Slovenian children's song, and this particular version has been reshaped by the playground, as such songs so often are.
