Multilingual Short Works Collection 038 - Poetry & Prose
This is our 38th 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. Assamese - প্ৰিয়তমাৰ চিঠি [Priyatamar Sithi] - 01:20
Hemchandra Goswami (হেমচন্দ্ৰ গোস্বামী)
link to text
Keywords: Love letter
2. Bengali - পুরানো সেই দিনের কথা [Purano sei diner kotha] - 01:37
Rabindranath Tagore
link text (no 34, page 1012)
Keywords: nostalgia, passage of time, reminiscence
3. Chinese (Cantonese) - 三字經 [Saam Zi Ging] - 11:47
Yinglin Wang (王應麟)
link to text
Keywords: classical text, Three Character Classic
4. Chinese (Mandarin) - 難得 [nande] - 01:19
Xu Zhimo (徐志摩)
link to text (p. 62)
Keywords: "Seldom", Winter, Friend, Fire, Quiet, Night, Empathy
5. Chinese (Mandarin) - 去罷 [qu ba] - 01:08
Xu Zhimo (徐志摩)
link to text (p. 28)
Keywords: "Go", Mountain, Sorrow, Departure, Journey
6. Chinese (Mandarin) - 沙揚娜拉 [Shā yáng nà lā] - 00:50
Xu Zhimo (徐志摩)
link to text (p. 10)
Keywords: poetry, Chinese, Japan, goodbye, lady
7. Chinese (Mandarin) - 雪花的快樂 [Xuě huā de kuài lè] - 01:32
Xu Zhimo (徐志摩)
link to text (p. 7)
Keywords: poetry, Chinese, snowflake, happiness
8. Chinese (Mandarin) - 月下雷峰影片 [yue xia lei feng yingpian] - 00:56
Xu Zhimo (徐志摩)
link to text (p. 58)
Keywords: "Film of Leifeng Under the Moon", Leifeng, Moon, Lake, Pagoda, Boat, Film
9. Garo - Ka.sagipa Ripeng Jesus - 02:55
Unknown
link to text
Keywords: Christian Hymn, What a Friend we have in Jesus
10. German - Die neue Oberwelt - 15:39
Paul Scheerbart
link to text
Keywords: Science Fiction
11. Hindi - भिखारिणी का गीत [Bhikharini Ka Geet] - 1:30
Padmakant Malviya (पद्मकांत मालवीय)
link to text (p. 11)
Keywords: Detachment, Inner Peace, Music, Nature, Poetry
12. Hindi - ननकू चौधरी [Nanku Chowdhary] - 34:06
Vishwambharnath Sharma Kaushik (विशम्भरनाथ शर्मा कौशिक)
link to text (p. 4)
Keywords: Indian Rural Family, Bereavement, Moral Conflict
13. Hindi - स्वर्ग की झलक [Swarg ki Jhalak] - 15:17
Mahavir Prasad (महावीर प्रसाद)
link to text (p. 46)
Keywords: Moral Story, Children's Story, Altruism
14. Hindi - टूटी आशाएँ [Tooti Aashaayein] - 1:15
Padmakant Malviya (पद्मकांत मालवीय)
link to text (p. 14)
Keywords: Despair, Melancholy, Longing, Symbolism
15. Hungarian - Csöndes este - 15:46
István Apáthy
link to text
Keywords: short story, illness, hospital, memories, dreams, death; Az út a révpart felé: Klinikai képek
16. Polish - Pieśń o starym żeglarzu - 28:18
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
link to text
Keywords: poemat, okręt, kara, Jan Kasprowicz (tłumacz)
17. Portuguese - Canção do exilio - 1:36
Gonçalves Dias
link to text
Keywords: Cantos, Poetry
18. Portuguese - Horas Vivas - 1:43
Machado de Assis
link to text
Keywords: Lyrical Poetry
19. Portuguese - I-Juca-Pirama - 21:46
Gonçalves Dias
link to text
Keywords: epic poem, indigenous heroism and honor, Tupi culture, strength of family ties
20. Spanish - Hamlet y Don Quijote - 39:33
Ivan Sergueevich Turguenev
link to text (p. 13)
Keywords: ensayo, literatura, filosofia, traducido por Torcuato Tasso Serra
Genre(s): Anthologies, Anthologies, Essays & Short Works
Language: Multilingual