Multilingual Short Works Collection 022 - Poetry & Prose
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English) as listed below. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. - Summary by ToddHW 1. Ancient Greek - Ἄστερες μὲν ἀμφὶ κάλαν σελάνναν [Asteres men amphi kalan selannan] - 0:42 Link to text Sappho (c. 630 - c. 570 BC) key words: poetry, fragment, moon, stars 2. Czech - Smrt kmotřenka - 7:24 Link to text Karel Jaromír Erben (1811-1870) key words: Slavic fairy tale 3. Danish - Konen med æggene (en gammel historie sat i rim) - 2:33 Link to text H.C. Andersen (1805-1875) key words: poetry, funny, wishful thinking 4. Esperanto - En la brikejo - 26:44 Link to text Józef Waśniewski (1858-1897) key words: one of the earliest short stories in Esperanto 5. Esperanto - Vizito de la steloj sur la tero - 6:03 Link to text Feliks Zamenhof (1868-1933) key words: Poetry 6. Esperanto - La vojevodo - 4:05 Link to text Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), translated by L. L. Zamenhof key words: Poetry, love, revenge, servant 7. Italian (Roman dialect) - Er giudizzio univerzale - 1:21 Link to text Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863) key words: end of the world; last judgment, Capella Sistina in popular verses 8. Italian - Il mare canta - 1:15 Link to text Ferdinando Fontana (1850-1919) key words: nature, sea, romantic poetry 9. Italian - Marzo 1821 - 5:05 Link to text Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) key words: A civil ode about the Austrian domination in Italy 10. Italian - Gli ubriachi - 15:38 Link to text Salvatore Di Giacomo (1860-1934) key words: racconto napoletano, ubriachezza, 800 11. Japanese - こころ通はざる日に [Kokoro-kayo wa zaru-bi ni] - 0:55 Link to text Haruo Sato (1892-1964) key words: Poetry, Melancholy, Japanese Aestheticism 12. Luxembourgish - Zwê Bridder - 1:05 Link to text Michel Lentz (1820-1893) key words: poetry, funny and serious moments in life 13. Old Tupi - Ave Marîa - 0:48 Link to text Antônio de Araújo (1566-1632) key words: catechism, Holy Mary, Jesuits, Indigenous 14. Polish – Czaty - 4:03 Link to text Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) key words: Poetry, love, revenge, servant 15. Polish - Polowanie na wieloryby - 23:05 Link to text Wacław Sieroszewski (1858-1945) key words: opowiadanie, polowanie, wieloryby 16. Portuguese - Lei Áurea ou Lei Imperial n.° 3.353 - 2:25 Link to text Rodrigo Augusto da Silva (1833-1889) key words: Brazil, law, slavery, abolishment, escravidão, abolição 17. Romanian - Câinele și Cățelul - 2:45 Link to text Grigore Alexandrescu (1810-1885) key words: Fable 18. Romanian - El Zorab - 9:35 Link to text George Cosbuc (1866-1918) key words: Poetry 19. Romanian - Lordul John 2:46 Link to text George Cosbuc (1866-1918) key words: Poetry 20. Romanian - Ursul și Lupul 4:15 Link to text Grigore Alexandrescu (1810-1885) key words: Fable