Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Zvončki in trobentice« z angleškim prevodom.
Zvončki in trobentice, mačice, vijolice spet iz zemlje vzklijejo, saj pomlad je tu. Travica ozeleni, vse v gozdu oživi, kukavca spet poje nam svoj napev ku-ku.
#Mlada sem in dobro vem, da ljubiti vroče smem, saj pomlad napravi to, da nam je lepo. Zvončki in trobentice..
#Tudi zame je pomlad, pa čeprav več nisem mlad, vendar v srcu čutim to, pa mi je lepo.
#Cingu cingu cingulin, poje zvonček prek dolin, zraven pa trobentica trobi tra-ra-ar, trobi tra-raa-ra.
#English translation
Snowdrops and daffodils, pussy willows, violets sprout up from the earth again, for spring is here. The grass turns green, all the forest comes alive, the cuckoo sings us again its tune, cuckoo. I'm young and I know well that I'm allowed to love with all my heart, for spring makes it so that we feel good. Snowdrops and daffodils… Spring is for me too, even though I'm no longer young; yet in my heart I feel it, and it feels good. Cingu, cingu, cingulin, the little bell sings across the valleys, and beside it the daffodil trumpets tra-ra-ar, trumpets tra-raa-ra.
#Zvončki in trobentice at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- Slovenian popular/folk song; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- traditional, playful
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This is one of Slovenia’s happiest spring songs, and it opens like the season itself bursting into life: snowdrops and daffodils, pussy willows and violets all pushing up from the earth at once, the grass greening, the forest waking, and the cuckoo calling its unmistakable ku-ku. It is a catalogue of everything that means winter is finally over.
The song plays delightedly on the names of its flowers. In Slovenian, zvončki (snowdrops) are “little bells” and trobentice (daffodils) are “little trumpets”, so in the last verse the bells ring — cingu, cingu, cingulin — and the daffodils trumpet tra-ra, and the whole meadow becomes a little orchestra of spring. Its middle verses reach beyond the nursery, letting the young feel free to love and the old feel young again, which is why it is sung by grown-ups as fondly as by children. It is generally treated as a Slovenian folk/popular song with no single recorded author — a shared celebration of the year turning warm.
Common questions
- What is "Zvončki in trobentice" about?
- The arrival of spring. Snowdrops and daffodils, pussy willows and violets sprout from the earth again, the grass turns green, the forest comes alive, and the cuckoo sings its "ku-ku". Spring, the song says, makes everyone feel good — the young and the not-so-young alike.
- What are "zvončki" and "trobentice"?
- They are spring flowers: "zvončki" are snowdrops (literally "little bells") and "trobentice" are daffodils or primroses (literally "little trumpets"). The song plays on their names — the little bells ring and the little trumpets trumpet "tra-ra" as spring breaks out.
- Where is "Zvončki in trobentice" from?
- It is a well-known Slovenian song, generally treated as folk/popular ("ljudska") with no single recorded author. Its later verses, about feeling love and youth return with the spring, give it a warmth beyond the nursery.
