Multilingual Short Works Collection 040 - Poetry & Prose

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This is our 40th 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. Chinese - 感恩節的生活紀實 [gan en jie de shenghuo jishi] - 8:02 Liang Shih-Qiu (梁實秋) link to text Keywords: Thanksgiving, turkey, fortune, candy, hunger 2. Chinese - 心經 [xinjing] - 2:26 Unknown author link to text Keywords: Heart Sutra, Heart, Enlightenment, Suffering, Form, Emptiness, Senses, Awareness, Mantra, Xuanzang, 玄奘 3. Dutch - Kennis I - 01:12 Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk link to text Keywords: dieren, natuur 4. French - Clair de Lune - 01:05 Paul Verlaine link to text Keywords: Classic, French, Poetry 5. German - Aphrodite - 12:12 Hermann Essig link to text Keywords: humor 6. Hindi - झूठे गुरु का अंग [Jhoothe Guru Ka Ang] - 04:05 Kabir (कबीर​) link to text (p. 13) Keywords: Bhakti Poetry, False Teachers, Practical Wisdom, Learning & Education 7. Luxembourgish - Un d'Liéser - 1:55 Michel Lentz link to text Keywords: nature, music, feelings, harmony, poem 8. Polish - Dom na modrzewiu - 01:34 Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska link text Keywords: poezja, wiersz 9. Polish - Historia o malarzu - 17:05 Kornel Makuszyński link to text Keywords: opowiadanie, humor 10. Polish - Na wulkanach Japonji - 56:11 Wacław Sieroszewski, foreword by Józef Mirski link to text Keywords: proza, prezentacja, Japonia, historia, geografia, ludność 11. Polish - Powieści Kantorberyjskie (Prolog) - 16:11 Geoffrey Chaucer link to text Keywords: wiersz, opowieści kanterberyjskie, fragment, społeczeństwo, tłumacz: Jan Kasprowicz 12. Portuguese - Os dous gatos - 02:03 Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage link to text (p. 143) Keywords: Fábulas 13. Portuguese - O leão caçando com o burro - 2:10 Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage link to text (p. 129) Keywords: Fábulas 14. Portuguese - O lobo, a raposa, e a ovelha - 03:06 Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage link to text (p. 134) Keywords: Fábulas 15. Portuguese - Mombaça : a sua fortaleza de Jesus - 44:43 Francisco Gavicho de Lacerda link to text Keywords: História, África colonial 16. Portuguese - Soneto XX - 1:12 Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage link to text Keywords: Bocage, auto-retrato, romantismo, arcadismo, lírica 17. Portuguese - Vaidade - 00:51 Florbela Espanca link to text Keywords: sonho, onirismo, nihilismo 18. Portuguese - Voltareis, ó Christo? - 38:13 Camilo Castelo Branco link to text Keywords: Amor, traição e desespero existencial 19. Spanish - El diamante de Villasola - 5:43 Miguel de Unamuno link to text Keywords: teacher-centred pedagogy, hyperindividualism, occupational burnout, existentialism, satire 20. Spanish - El espejo de la muerte - 11:26 Miguel de Unamuno link to text Keywords: tragic sense of life, faith vs doubt, human condition, existentialism, philosophy