a happy group of children arm in arm, singing together

Slovenia · sung in Slovenian

Mi se imamo radi

"Mi se imamo radi" ("We Like Each Other") is a simple, warm Slovenian sing-along about friendship and youth — we like each other, truly we do, so why wouldn't we, since we're all young?

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Besedilo (Lyrics)

Celotno besedilo pesmi »Mi se imamo radi« z angleškim prevodom.

Mi se imamo radi, radi, radi, radi, mi se imamo radi, radi prav zares.

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Zakaj se ne bi imeli radi, radi, radi, zakaj se ne bi imeli radi prav zares.

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Saj smo sami mladi, mladi, mladi, mladi, saj smo sami mladi, mladi prav zares.

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English translation

We like each other, like, like, like each other, we like each other, truly we do. Why wouldn't we like, like, like each other, why wouldn't we like each other, truly. For we are all young, young, young, young, for we are all young, young, truly young.

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Mi se imamo radi at a glance

Country of origin
🇸🇮 Slovenia
Sung in
Slovenian
Words by
Traditional
First known
Slovenian sing-along; author unknown
Best for ages
2–7
Mood
playful, traditional
Last updated
25 July 2026

Meaning and origin

This is barely more than a warm feeling set to a tune, and that is exactly its charm. It simply declares, again and again, that “we like each other, truly we do”, then answers itself with a cheerful shrug of a question — why wouldn’t we like each other? — before landing on its happy reason: because we are all young. There is no story to follow, only a mood to share.

Its repetition is the point. A song like this is made for singing together — a whole group of children able to join in at once, the words easy, the feeling plain — so that the act of singing it becomes the very togetherness it describes. No author is recorded; it is a traditional Slovenian sing-along, and it does one simple, valuable thing very well: it lets a roomful of children say, in the nicest possible way, that they are glad to be with one another.

Common questions

What is "Mi se imamo radi" about?
Simple togetherness. It says, over and over, that "we like each other, truly we do" — and then asks the obvious happy question: why wouldn't we like each other? — because, after all, we're all young. It is less a story than a warm feeling put to a repeating tune.
When is "Mi se imamo radi" sung?
As a group sing-along, when a bunch of children (or friends) want to celebrate being together. Its repetition makes it easy to join, and its whole point is the shared good feeling of singing it as one.
Who wrote "Mi se imamo radi"?
No author is recorded; it is a traditional Slovenian sing-along, passed on by ear for singing together.

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