Multilingual Short Works Collection 042 - Poetry & Prose

LibriVox recording of Multilingual Short Works Collection 042 - Poetry & Prose by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. 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 For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org.