14. KAKO LEPO

I WAS WALKING UP VELIKE PLANINE ONE DAY. THE SUN WAS SHINING, THE SKY WAS BLUE, THE BIRDS WERE SINGING AND I TURNED TO THE CHILDREN AND SAID "HOW BEAUTIFUL!" AND THE CHILDREN SAID "KAKO LEPO!" KAKO LEPO!

SO I ASKED THE CHILDREN, "WHAT'S THE WORD FOR 'MOUNTAIN' IN SLOVENE?" "PLANINA!" PLANINA! SO AS WE WALKED UP THE MOUNTAIN, WE BEGAN TO SING THIS SONG

LJUBIM PLANINE, KAKO LEPO ......

SO HAND IN HAND, WE WALKED FURTHER ON UP THE MOUNTAIN, UNTIL GROWING GRASS IN FRONT OF US WAS A TINY RED FLOWER, SMILING UP AT US. HOW DO YOU SAY 'FLOWER' IN SLOVENE?
"ROSE" ROSE! SO WE SANG TO THE FLOWERS

LJUBIM ROSE, KAKO LEPO......

ON AND ON WE WALKED UP THE MOUNTAIN, AND SUDDENLY A BRIGHT YELLOW BIRD FLEW OUT OF A BUSH IN FRONT OF US.. WHAT'S THE WORD FOR 'BIRD' IN SLOVENE? "PTICA!" PTICA? OKAY, LET'S SING TO THE BIRDS!

LJUBIM PTICA, KAKO LEPO.....

UP THE MOUNTAIN WE WENT, AND THERE, STANDING IN FRONT OF US, WITH ITS ROOTS IN THE EARTH AND ITS BRANCHES REACHING TO THE SKY, WAS A BEAUTIFUL GREEN TREE. WHAT'S THE WORD FOR 'TREES'?
"DREVESA!" DREVESA!

LJUBIM DREVESA, KAKO LEPO.


2. Kako Lepo....

ON AND ON UP THE MOUNTAIN WE WENT UNTIL WE WERE AT THE VERY TOP AND WE COULD SEE THE WHOLE OF THE EARTH SPREAD OUT BEFORE US. SLOVENIJA LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL. WHAT'S THE WORD IN SLOVENE FOR 'EARTH?' " ZEMLJA!" ZEMLJA! LET'S SING TO THE EARTH!

LJUBIM ZEMLJO, KAKO LEPO......

BUT YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU CAN LOVE THE EARTH, BEFORE YOU CAN LOVE THE TREES AND THE PLANTS AND THE ANIMALS OR ANY LIVING THING, THERE'S ONE PERSON YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LOVE FIRST. YOURSELF. HOW DO YOU SAY 'YOURSELF' IN SLOVENE? "SEBE!" SEBE!

LJUBEM SEBE, KAKO LEPO....

SO WHEN YOU'VE FINALLY LEARNED TO LOVE YOURSELF, WHEN YOU LOVE EVERY LIVING THING ON THE EARTH, THEN YOU REALISE WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT YOUR LIFE IS. HOW DO YOU SAY 'LIFE IN SLOVENE?
" ZIVLJENJA!" ZIVLJENJA! LET'S SING FOR THE JOY OF BEING ALIVE!

LJUBIM ZIVLJENJA, KAKO LEPO...
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