Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Žabja svatba« z angleškim prevodom.
Žabe svatbo so imele, zbrane od sosednih mlak, jedle, pile so in pele, re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak, kvak, kvak.
#Skokica nevesta mlada, ženin bil je dolgokrak, rajala oba sta rada, re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak, kvak, kvak.
#Po večerji zavrte se, ko je bil že pozen mrak, rajajo, da vse se trese, re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak, kvak, kvak.
#Živi ženin naš z nevesto, glas povzdigne Krakuš svat, zagrmi jih kakih dvesto, re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak, kvak, kvak.
#English translation
The frogs were having a wedding, gathered from the neighbouring ponds, they ate and drank and sang, re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak, kvak, kvak. Little Hopper the young bride, the groom was long of leg, the two of them loved to dance, re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak, kvak, kvak. After supper they whirl about, when the dusk was already late, they dance so that everything shakes, re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak, kvak, kvak. Long live our groom and bride! the guest Krakuš raises his voice, and some two hundred thunder it out, re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak, kvak, kvak.
#Žabja svatba at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- traditional children's song; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This is a wedding feast held entirely by frogs, and it is one of the merriest songs in the Slovenian nursery. From all the neighbouring ponds the frogs gather to eat, drink, sing and dance; the young bride is Skokica — “Little Hopper” — and the groom is splendidly long-legged. After supper they whirl about in the late dusk until the ground shakes, and a guest named Krakuš raises a toast that some two hundred frogs thunder back — every verse punctuated by a chorus of croaks.
That croaking is the heart of it. Re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak is the Slovenian way of writing a frog’s call, and children love to join the whole pond in belting it out at the end of each verse. No author is recorded for this version — it sits in the tradition of comic animal-wedding songs found in folklore across many countries — but its combination of a silly story and a chorus everyone can croak has kept it a firm favourite.
Common questions
- What is "Žabja svatba" about?
- A frog wedding. Frogs gather from all the neighbouring ponds to eat, drink, sing and dance — the young bride is "Skokica" (Little Hopper), the groom is long-legged — and after supper they whirl about in the late dusk until everything shakes, all to a croaking refrain of "re-ga, re-ga, reg, kvak, kvak".
- What does the refrain mean?
- It is frog-song. "Re-ga, re-ga, reg" and "kvak, kvak" are the Slovenian way of writing a frog's croak (like "ribbit"), so the whole wedding party is heard croaking together — which is much of the fun for children to join in.
- Who wrote "Žabja svatba"?
- No author is recorded for this version; it is treated as a traditional Slovenian children's song, a comic animal-wedding tale of the kind found in folk song across many countries.
