Multilingual Short Works Collection 042 - Poetry & Prose

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This is our 42nd 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. Arabic - انا و اخت المهاة والقمر [ana wa okhto lmahati wa lqamar] - 6:04 Elia Abu Madi (إيليا أبو ماضي) link to text Keywords: poem, romantic 2. Bengali - কতবার ভেবেছিনু আপনা ভুলিয়া [Kotobar bhebechinu apona bhuliya] - 02:24 Rabindranath Tagore (poem). Composer of melody unknown. link to text Keywords: love and longing 3. Braj - वृंदावन प्रवेश शोभा [Vrindavan Pravesh Shobha] - 09:27 Surdas (सूरदास​) link to text Keywords: Krishna Devotion, Bhakti Poetry, Hindu Devotional Poetry, Krishna's life 4. French - La Princesse enchantée - 6:43 François-Marie Luzel link to text Keywords: Conte breton 5. French - Richelieu et la marine - 1:04:08 Gabriel Hanotaux link to text Keywords: Histoire Marine, France, Europe 6. Garo - Nama song, Ching.a song - 02:15 Tochang (lyrics), Joseph P. Webster (music) link to text Keywords: Hymn, Sweet By-and-By 7. Hindi - अरण्य बाला [Aranya Bala] - 06:26 Gulab (गुलाब) link to text (p. 87) Keywords: Indian literature, India before independence, Indian Poetry, Woman's Beauty, Forest, Nature 8. Hindi - गज्जू का चबूतरा [Gajju Ka Chabutra] - 22:57 Atmaram Deokar (आत्माराम देवकर) link to text (p. 82) Keywords: Indian literature, India before independence, Loyalty, Love, Children 9. Hindi - ज्ञानोन्मेष [Gyanonmesh] - 01:45 Ramnarayan Mishra (राम​नाराय​ण मिश्र) link to text (p. 92) Keywords: Indian literature, India before independence, Enlightenment, Philosophy 10. Hindi - हिमालय का पथिक [Himalay ka Pathik] - 08:56 Jaishankar Prasad (जयशंकर प्रसाद​) link to text (p. 10) Keywords: Romance, Love Story, Wanderer, Nature, Mountains, Lyrical Fiction, Indian literature, India before independence 11. Hindi - कानूनी कुमार [Kanuni Kumar] - 28:48 Premchand (​प्रेमचंद) link to text Keywords: Satire, Politics, Legislation, Society, Indian literature, India before independence 12. Hindi - मेरी टेक [Meri Tek] - 01:50 Matadin Shukla (मातादीन शुक्ल) link to text (p. 18) Keywords: Faith, Crisis of Faith, Disillusionment 13. Hindi - निर्माण [Nirmaan] - 28:17 Raghuvarprasad Dwivedi (रघुवरप्रसाद द्विवेदी) link to text (p. 12/728) Keywords: Indian literature, India before independence, Marriage, Newly Married Couple, Love, Trial, Seduction, Alcoholism, Loyalty 14. Hindi - प्रायश्चित [Prayashchit] - 28:42 Raghuvarprasad Dwivedi (रघुवरप्रसाद द्विवेदी) link to text (p. 197 of scan; printed p. 165) Keywords: Loyalty, Betrayal, Test of Love, Indian literature, India before independence 15. Hindi - रामलीला [Ramleela] - 19:31 Premchand (प्रेमचंद) link to text (p. 74) Keywords: Indian literature, India before independence, childhood memories, innocence, devotion, festival, ramleela, village, hypocrisy, folk theatre 16. Hindi - तिल से ताड़ [Til Se Taad] - 25:58 Devendra Kumar Rai (देवन्द्रकुमार राय) link to text Keywords: Bang Mahila, Rajendra Bala Ghosh, Detective, Murder, Mystery stories, India before independence, Indian literature, Bangla, Bengali, Translation, Fiction 17. Polish - Na spustoszenie Podola przez Tatarów - 2:43 Jan Kochanowski link to text Keywords: wiersz, ostrzeżenie, lament, wojna 18. Portuguese - Alegres campos, verdes arvoredos - 00:38 Francisco de Sá de Miranda link to text Keywords: Classical Portuguese Poetry, Cantigas, Sadness 19. Portuguese - Comigo me desavim - 00:38 Francisco de Sá de Miranda link to text Keywords: Classical Portuguese Poetry, Cantigas, Sadness 20. Spanish - Don Juan, pequeño poema - 37:03 Ramón de Campoamor link to text Keywords: poetry, romance, irony