Multilingual Short Works Collection 037 - Poetry & Prose

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This is our 37th 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. Bengali - পড়ার হিসাব [Porar Hishab] - 1:28 Sukumar Ray Link to text Keywords: fun, study, fall, pun 2. French - O si chère de loin et proche et blanche - 1:29 Stéphane Mallarmé Link to text Keywords: Beauty, Affection, Stephane Mallarme, French, Poetry 3. French - Pour le Pays, Québec 8 mai 1871 - 25:52 Arthur Buies Link to text Keywords: Quebec City's infrastructure, the nature of the settler, weather and the land 4. German - Auf dem Brocken - 1:02 Heinrich Heine Link to text Keywords: Romantik, Natur, Liebe 5. German - Der Lindenbaum - 1:21 Wilhelm Müller Link to text Keywords: Die Winterreise; Romantik 6. German - Schlafen! - 16:42 Anton Tschechow Link to text Keywords: Drama, social criticism 7. German - Wirkungen der Völkerwanderung - 14:31 Felix Dahn Link to text Keywords: Geschichte der Völkerwanderung 8. Hindi - मोटेराम जी शास्त्री [Moteramji Shastri] - 16:00 Premchand Link to text Keywords: Satire, Caricature, Humour, Pre-Independence Indian society, Quackery 9. Hindi - प्रतिध्वनि [Pratidhwani] - 1:06 Suryakant Tripathi Nirala Link to text Keywords: Nature, Beauty, Memories, Resonance of Thoughts and Emotions 10. Hindi - सभ्यता [Sabhyata] - 2:31 Satyasharan Ratudi Link to text Keywords: grace, refinement, culture 11. Hindi - विदाई [Vidai] - 1:40 Jaishankar Prasad Link to text Keywords: Separation, Heartbreak, Skandagupta Vikramaditya 12. Latin - Canis deceptus - 1:06 Phaedrus Link to text Keywords: Fabel, Antike, Aesop 13. Luxembourgish - Um Bur - 3:30 Anonymous Link to text Keywords: police, farmers, satire, smuggling 14. Persian - عاشق شدن پادشاه با کنیزک و تدبیر برای صحت او [âsheq shodan-e pâdeshâh...] - 2:31 Rumi Link to text Keywords: king, maid, Health, Masnavi, مثنوی معنوی 15. Polish - Na panów, oskarżając ich o niedbałość ojczyzny - 2:04 Wacław Potocki Link to text Keywords: wiersz, szlachta, nagana, tchórzostwo 16. Polish - Wielcy złodzieje małe wieszą - 1:24 Biernat z Lublina Link to text Keywords: bajka, wiersz, złodziej 17. Russian - Капитанский мундир [Kapitanskiy mundir] - 13:25 Антон Чехов Link to text Keywords: Портной, Капитан, Работа, Провинция 18. Russian - Либерал [Liberal] - 11:16 Антон Чехов Link to text Keywords: Подчинённый, Начальник, Протест, Новый год 19. Russian - Радость [Radost'] - 4:14 Антон Чехов Link to text Keywords: Fun, Newspaper, Joy, Incident 20. Sanskrit - तर्कसङ्ग्रहः [Tarkasaṃgraha] - 29:47 Annambhaṭṭa Link to text Keywords: Nyaya, Logic, Sanskrit, Beginners Manual, Indian Philosophy