Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Ni copatka, ni copatka« z angleškim prevodom.
Ni copatka, ni copatka, kam se je izgubil? Ni copatka, ni copatka, kdo mi ga je skril?
#Je copatek, je copatek, za pečjo leži. V njem pa sladko, v njem pa sladko Metkin mucek spi.
#English translation
The slipper's gone, the slipper's gone, wherever has it got to? The slipper's gone, the slipper's gone, who has hidden it from me? There's the slipper, there's the slipper, lying behind the stove. And sweetly, sweetly in it, Metka's kitten sleeps.
#Ni copatka, ni copatka at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- Slovenian children's song; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This is a small, tender song built like a little mystery. It opens in gentle distress — a slipper has vanished, and where can it be, and who could have hidden it? Any child who has ever hunted for a missing shoe will feel the familiar puzzle of it. The question is asked twice over, building a mock-serious search.
And then comes the lovely answer: the slipper is behind the stove, and it was never really lost at all — Metka’s kitten is curled up fast asleep inside it, having found the cosiest little bed in the house. That warm image, of a kitten asleep in a slipper, turns an everyday frustration into something sweet and funny. No author is recorded; it is a traditional Slovenian children’s song, widely sung in nurseries, and its charm is the tiny, satisfying twist: nobody was to blame, and the missing slipper was busy being a cat’s bed all along.
Common questions
- What is "Ni copatka" about?
- A small mystery with a sweet solution. A little slipper has gone missing — where has it got to, and who has hidden it? Then it turns up behind the stove, and the reason it was "lost" is revealed: Metka's kitten is curled up fast asleep inside it. Nobody hid it at all; the cat simply found the cosiest bed in the house.
- Why is "Ni copatka, ni copatka" a nice song for children?
- Because it turns a small everyday frustration — a missing slipper — into something tender and funny, with the warm image of a kitten asleep in a slipper. The little question-and-answer shape also makes it easy and satisfying to sing.
- Who wrote "Ni copatka, ni copatka"?
- No author is recorded; it is treated here as a traditional Slovenian children's song. It is widely sung in nurseries, sometimes under the line "Kje je copatek".
