Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Vrabček čaka mamico« z angleškim prevodom.
Vrabček čaka mamico, stiska se ob vejo. Mama po proso je šla tja za živo mejo.
#Pa je vrabce srečala, dolgo klepetala, vse proso za sineka sama pozobala.
#English translation
The little sparrow waits for mummy, huddling against the branch. Mummy went for millet off beyond the hedge. But she met some sparrows, chattered a long, long while, and all the millet meant for her son she pecked up herself.
#Vrabček čaka mamico 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
- traditional, lullaby
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This is one of the more wistful little songs in the Slovenian nursery, and it works by understatement. A baby sparrow huddles against a branch, waiting, while his mother has flown off beyond the hedge to fetch him some millet. It is a picture of small patience — the little one left behind, trusting that mummy will come back with something good.
And then, gently, the trust is disappointed: mummy meets some other sparrows, falls to chattering for a good long while, and ends up pecking up all the millet — the millet meant for her son — herself. The song does not scold or dramatise; it simply tells what happened, and lets the small sadness of it settle. That soft ache — a promise not quite kept, a little one still waiting — is very much the tone of folk song, and it is told here at exactly a child’s scale. No author is recorded; it is a traditional Slovenian children’s song, carried down by ear.
Common questions
- What is "Vrabček čaka mamico" about?
- A baby sparrow waiting. He huddles against a branch, waiting for his mother, who has gone off beyond the hedge to fetch millet. But she meets other sparrows, chatters a long while — and pecks up all the millet, meant for her little son, herself. It is a gently sad little tale.
- Is "Vrabček čaka mamico" a sad song?
- Yes, softly. It has the wistful tone of many folk songs — the small one left waiting, the promise not quite kept — but told simply and without drama, which is what gives it its tender ache.
- Who wrote "Vrabček čaka mamico"?
- No author is recorded; it is treated here as a traditional Slovenian children's song, carried down by ear.
