Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Le sekaj, sekaj smrečico« z angleškim prevodom.
Le sekaj, sekaj smrečico, ti drajla la la la, da stesal si boš barčico, ti drajla la la la.
#Je smrečica posekana, za barko je pripraljena.
#Je barčica napravljena, na morje je postaljena.
#Odrin', odrin' od kraja preč, ne boš me vid'la, ljub'ca, več.
#Je barčica zaplavala, je deklica jokala.
#English translation
Just chop, chop the little spruce, ti drajla la la la, so you can hew yourself a little boat, ti drajla la la la. The little spruce is felled, made ready for the boat. The little boat is finished, set upon the sea. Push off, push off away from shore — you won't see me again, my love. The little boat sailed away, and the girl was weeping.
#Le sekaj, sekaj smrečico at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- Slovenian folk song; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This gentle folk song is built like a little chain of cause and effect, and it carries you, verse by verse, from a bright beginning to a sad end. It starts as a work song — le sekaj, sekaj smrečico, “just chop, chop the little spruce” — with a cheerful ti drajla la la la refrain, as the tree is felled and hewn into a boat. Each step follows naturally from the last: the spruce is cut, the boat is built, the boat is launched.
And then it turns into a leaving song. As the little boat pushes off from the shore, the singer calls back to a loved one — you won’t see me again, my love — and the last verse leaves a girl weeping as the boat sails away. That quiet shift, from the honest work of boat-building to the sorrow of parting, is very much in the spirit of Slovenian folk song, which so often ties setting off to leaving someone behind. It has no known author; it is a traditional song, carried down by ear, sad and sweet in equal measure.
Common questions
- What is "Le sekaj, sekaj smrečico" about?
- The making of a boat, and a parting. Chop the little spruce, the song urges, so you can hew a little boat from it; the tree is felled, the boat is built and launched on the sea — and as it pushes off from shore ("you won't see me again, my love"), a girl is left weeping behind. The "ti drajla la la la" refrain runs through it.
- Why the sad ending?
- Because it is really a leaving song. The cheerful business of chopping and boat-building leads, step by step, to the boat sailing away and a loved one left on the shore — the old folk theme of setting off and leaving someone behind.
- Who wrote "Le sekaj, sekaj smrečico"?
- No author is recorded; it is a traditional Slovenian folk song, carried down by ear.
