# Mojca Pokraculja

"Mojca Pokrajculja" is based on a much-loved Slovenian folk tale about a poor but tidy girl who buys a little pot with a found coin; these songs, from a stage adaptation, follow her cheerful housekeeping and her animal guests.

## At a glance

| | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Slovenia |
| Sung in | Slovenian |
| Words by | Jana Osojnik / Jože Zupan / Alja Tkačev |
| First known | songs from an adaptation of a Slovenian folk tale |
| Best for ages | 2–7 |
| Mood | playful, traditional |
| Page | https://littlesongbook.com/songs/mojca-pokraculja/ |

## Lyrics

### Verse 1 (sl)

Piskrček mezinček, kupljen za cekinček,
sveti se kot murček, milnat je mehurček,
sladek kot bombonček, poči kot balonček...
Družbo vam povabim, da me razvedri,
sonca ne pozabim, solze naj suši,
mavrico prestrežem, svet naj se iskri,
dobro voljo vprežem, ki je zlepa dosti ni!

### Verse 2 (sl)

Nisem ptička, kot sinička,
da bi gnezdo spletala,
rajsi hiško, tesno šiško,
vsak dan bi pometala.

### Verse 3 (sl)

Nimam hiške, kakor miške,
da bi v nji skrabljala,
nimam vreče, da bi sreče,
vanjo si nabrala.

### Verse 4 (sl)

Moja hiška, hrastova šiška,
luknjica pri luknjici,
moja sreča, strgana vreča,
dobre volje me drži.

### English translation (en)

A little pot, tiny as a pinkie, bought for a coin,
it shines like a cricket, it's a soapy bubble,
sweet as a candy, it pops like a balloon…
I'll invite you all for company, to cheer me up,
I won't forget the sun, let it dry my tears,
I'll catch the rainbow, let the world sparkle,
I'll harness good cheer, of which there's rarely enough!

I'm no little bird, like a titmouse,
to weave myself a nest;
I'd rather a little house, a snug gall-nut,
that I'd sweep out every day.

I have no little house, like the mice,
to scrabble about inside,
I have no sack in which
to gather myself some luck.

My little house, an oak gall-nut,
a little hole beside a hole,
my luck, a torn old sack,
but good cheer keeps me going.

## Common questions

**Who is Mojca Pokrajculja?**

The heroine of a beloved Slovenian folk tale. She is a poor but house-proud girl who finds a coin, buys a little pot, and keeps her tiny home — a hollow oak gall-nut — spotlessly clean. In the story, animals come one by one asking to shelter with her. These songs give her a voice, cheerful and tidy.

**What do the songs say?**

The first celebrates the shiny little pot bought for a single coin and Mojca's decision to invite company and "harness good cheer". The others are her own small philosophy: she is not a bird to weave a nest, but would rather a snug little house to sweep every day, and though her "house" is only a gall-nut and her "luck" a torn sack, good cheer keeps her going.

**Where do these songs come from?**

The story is a traditional Slovenian tale, but the songs are from an adaptation, credited (in our source) to Jana Osojnik, Jože Zupan and Alja Tkačev. We have kept that attribution as given; the underlying tale itself is folk and has no single author.

## Sources

- [Wikipedija — Mojca Pokrajculja (ljudska pravljica)](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojca_Pokrajculja)