Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Živali v jeseni« z angleškim prevodom.
Ježek teka, teka in se kotali, jabolka in hruške nabirati hiti.
#Medved kosmatinec, svoj brlog ravna, z listjem si postilja, zaspano godrnja.
#Urna veverica pleza na drevo, lešnike nabira za zimsko lakoto.
#Ptice lastovice odletele so v južne tople kraje, jih krila nesejo.
#English translation
The hedgehog runs and runs and rolls himself along, hurrying to gather up apples and pears. The shaggy bear tidies his den, beds himself with leaves, grumbling sleepily. The nimble squirrel climbs up the tree, gathering hazelnuts against winter hunger. The swallow birds have flown away to warm southern lands, their wings carrying them.
#Živali v jeseni at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Mira Voglar
- First known
- credited to Mira Voglar
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- traditional, playful
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This is a nature lesson turned into a song, and a lovely one. Each verse takes a single animal and shows how it readies itself for winter: the hedgehog runs and rolls about gathering apples and pears; the shaggy bear tidies his den, beds it with leaves and grumbles sleepily toward hibernation; the nimble squirrel climbs the tree to store hazelnuts against the winter hunger; and the swallows fly off to warm southern lands on their carrying wings. Four animals, four different answers to the coming cold.
Its quiet cleverness is that it teaches real natural history — gathering food, making a warm den, hibernating, migrating — without ever sounding like a lesson, by tying each behaviour to an animal a child already loves. It is credited to Mira Voglar, the Slovenian composer and music educator well known for her songs and music for young children (we have kept that attribution as given), whose work often did exactly this: fold something worth knowing into something worth singing.
Common questions
- What is "Živali v jeseni" about?
- How animals get ready for winter. The hedgehog runs about and rolls to gather apples and pears; the shaggy bear tidies his den, beds it with leaves and grumbles sleepily; the nimble squirrel climbs the tree to store hazelnuts against winter hunger; and the swallows fly away to warm southern lands. Each verse is one animal's autumn preparation.
- What does "Živali v jeseni" teach?
- A gentle first lesson in nature and the seasons — how different animals respond to the coming cold (gathering food, making a warm den, hibernating, migrating). It pairs each behaviour with a familiar animal so children can remember it.
- Who wrote "Živali v jeseni"?
- It is credited to Mira Voglar, a Slovenian composer and music educator known for her work with children's songs and music for the very young. We have kept that attribution as given in our source.
