Lyrics
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Sonce, zemlja, mesec« z angleškim prevodom.
Sonce, zemlja, mesec vrte se brez kolesec, letijo brez peresec, v nebo se točijo, na vejo skočijo, brez poka počijo.
#English translation
The sun, the earth, the moon, they turn without little wheels, they fly without little feathers, they roll across the sky, they leap onto a branch, they burst without a bang.
#Sonce, zemlja, mesec at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Oton Župančič
- First known
- poem "Otroci spuščajo mehurčke" by Oton Župančič (1878–1949)
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 27 August 2026
Meaning and origin
These six lines sound like pure nonsense until you know their title. The poem is called Otroci spuščajo mehurčke — “Children Blowing Soap Bubbles” — and once that is said, everything in it snaps into focus. The sun, the earth and the moon are not the subject at all; they are what the bubbles are compared to as they float up from the pipe, each one a small, glowing world of its own.
Read that way, the impossibilities stop being impossible. Of course the little globes turn without wheels and fly without feathers: they are bubbles. They roll up into the sky, catch for a moment on a branch, and then — the line that gives the whole game away — they burst without a bang, which is exactly what a soap bubble does and exactly what a planet does not. It is a beautifully economical piece of looking, by the Slovenian poet Oton Župančič (1878–1949), who put the poem in his children’s collection Mehurčki and let the picture do all the work.
Common questions
- What is "Sonce, zemlja, mesec" about?
- Soap bubbles. The poem's title is "Otroci spuščajo mehurčke" — "Children Blowing Soap Bubbles" — and the sun, earth and moon are what the bubbles are compared to as they drift up: they turn "without little wheels", fly "without little feathers", roll up into the sky, catch on a branch, and burst "without a bang".
- Why does it name the sun, earth and moon?
- Because that is what a bubble looks like. Each glowing, drifting sphere is likened to a heavenly body, which is why the little globes can turn and fly with no wheels and no wings. The last line gives the game away: real planets do not burst, and bubbles do — silently, "without a bang".
- Who wrote "Sonce, zemlja, mesec"?
- The Slovenian poet Oton Župančič (1878–1949). These six lines are his poem "Otroci spuščajo mehurčke", printed under that title in his children's collection "Mehurčki".
