Chrząszcz

Chrząszcz (beetle, chafer) by Jan Brzechwa is a tongue-twister poem famous for being considered one of the hardest-to-pronounce texts in Polish literature. It may cause problems even for adult, native Polish speakers.^[1]^[2]

The first few lines of the poem:

Polish original^ⓘ	Phonetic transcription	English translation
W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie		In Szczebrzeszyn a beetle sounds in the reeds
I Szczebrzeszyn z tego słynie.		And Szczebrzeszyn is famous for this.
Wół go pyta: „Panie chrząszczu,		An ox asks him: "Mister beetle,
Po cóż pan tak brzęczy w gąszczu?"		What are you buzzing in the bushes for?"

The Beetle Wooden Monument in Szczebrzeszyn, dedicated to the poem's main character

The first line "W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie" (In Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reed) is a well-known Polish tongue-twister and dates to at least the 19th century.^[2]

Thanks to the poem, the town of Szczebrzeszyn is widely known in Poland. A monument to the beetle was erected there in 2002, and a yearly sculpture festival has been held there ever since.

Chrząszcz was translated into English by Walter Whipple as Cricket (whose Polish equivalent, świerszcz, is also considered difficult to pronounce for non-Polish speakers).

References

^ Kwapisz, Jan; Petrain, David; Szymanski, Mikolaj (2012-12-06). The Muse at Play: Riddles and Wordplay in Greek and Latin Poetry. Walter de Gruyter. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-11-027061-7.
^ ^a ^b Niesporek-Szamburska, Bernadeta (2010). "Zabawy brzmieniem we współczesnych wierszach dziecięcych". Język Artystyczny (in Polish) (14): 141–156. ISSN 0209-3731.

External links

""Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie" - J. Tuwim, W. Literackie, 1933". Retropress (in Polish). 2016-05-26. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2023-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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[1] Kwapisz, Jan; Petrain, David; Szymanski, Mikolaj (2012-12-06). The Muse at Play: Riddles and Wordplay in Greek and Latin Poetry. Walter de Gruyter. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-11-027061-7.

[:0-2] Niesporek-Szamburska, Bernadeta (2010). "Zabawy brzmieniem we współczesnych wierszach dziecięcych". Język Artystyczny (in Polish) (14): 141–156. ISSN 0209-3731.

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