Lyrics
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Mojca Pokraculja« z angleškim prevodom.
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!
#Nisem ptička, kot sinička, da bi gnezdo spletala, rajsi hiško, tesno šiško, vsak dan bi pometala.
#Nimam hiške, kakor miške, da bi v nji skrabljala, nimam vreče, da bi sreče, vanjo si nabrala.
#Moja hiška, hrastova šiška, luknjica pri luknjici, moja sreča, strgana vreča, dobre volje me drži.
#English translation
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.
#Rights
The words of this song are by Janko Moder and are still in copyright. They are reproduced here, credited, for family and classroom singing; no reuse licence has been obtained, and nothing on this page may be copied further. Rightsholders can ask for a correction or removal — see lyrics & credits.
Mojca Pokraculja at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Janko Moder
- First known
- 1973 Helidon record; adaptation by Janko Moder, music by Urban Koder
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 27 August 2026
Meaning and origin
Behind these songs is one of Slovenia’s best-loved folk tales. Mojca Pokrajculja is a poor but wonderfully house-proud girl who finds a small coin while sweeping, buys herself a little pot, and makes that pot her home, keeping it spotlessly clean; one by one, animals come knocking to shelter with her. The songs here come from the 1973 Helidon record of the tale, and they give Mojca a voice — a bright and tidy one: she delights in her shiny little pot “bought for a coin”, invites company in, and resolves to “harness good cheer, of which there’s rarely enough.”
The rest is her small, cheerful philosophy of making do. She is no bird to weave a grand nest, she says; she would rather a snug little house to sweep each day. She owns no proper home and no sack to store up luck — her “house” is only an oak gall-nut, an image that belongs to the song rather than to the tale, her “luck” a torn old bag — and yet, she insists, good cheer keeps her going. The tale is folk and has no single author; the songs were written for the record, adapted by the translator and editor Janko Moder (1914–2006) with music by the composer Urban Koder (1928–2019) and directed by Rosanda Sajko, with Jana Osojnik as Mojca and Jože Zupan and Alja Tkačev among the voice actors. Together they turn a humble fairy-tale girl into a cheerful little model of contentment.
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 small coin while sweeping, buys a little pot with it, and makes the pot her home, keeping it 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 an oak gall-nut — the song's image, not the tale's — and her "luck" a torn sack, good cheer keeps her going.
- Where do these songs come from?
- The tale is traditional and has no single author, but these songs are not: they come from the 1973 Helidon record "Mojca Pokrajculja" (a 7-inch EP, SP 1-005), in which Janko Moder (1914–2006) adapted the folk tale and Urban Koder (1928–2019) wrote the music, directed by Rosanda Sajko. Jana Osojnik (Mojca), Jože Zupan (the bear) and Alja Tkačev (the fly) are the voice actors on that record, not its authors.
