Multilingual Short Works Collection 040 - Poetry & Prose

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)

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Keywords: Thanksgiving, turkey, fortune, candy, hunger

2. Chinese - 心經 [xinjing] - 2:26

Unknown author

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Keywords: Heart Sutra, Heart, Enlightenment, Suffering, Form, Emptiness, Senses, Awareness, Mantra, Xuanzang, 玄奘

3. Dutch - Kennis I - 01:12

Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk

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Keywords: dieren, natuur

4. French - Clair de Lune - 01:05

Paul Verlaine

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Keywords: Classic, French, Poetry

5. German - Aphrodite - 12:12

Hermann Essig

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Keywords: humor

6. Hindi - झूठे गुरु का अंग [Jhoothe Guru Ka Ang] - 04:05

Kabir (कबीर​)

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Keywords: Bhakti Poetry, False Teachers, Practical Wisdom, Learning & Education

7. Luxembourgish - Un d'Liéser - 1:55

Michel Lentz

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Keywords: nature, music, feelings, harmony, poem

8. Polish - Dom na modrzewiu - 01:34

Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska

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Keywords: poezja, wiersz

9. Polish - Historia o malarzu - 17:05

Kornel Makuszyński

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Keywords: opowiadanie, humor

10. Polish - Na wulkanach Japonji - 56:11

Wacław Sieroszewski, foreword by Józef Mirski

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Keywords: proza, prezentacja, Japonia, historia, geografia, ludność

11. Polish - Powieści Kantorberyjskie (Prolog) - 16:11

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Keywords: wiersz, opowieści kanterberyjskie, fragment, społeczeństwo, tłumacz: Jan Kasprowicz

12. Portuguese - Os dous gatos - 02:03

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

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Keywords: Fábulas

13. Portuguese - O leão caçando com o burro - 2:10

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

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Keywords: Fábulas

14. Portuguese - O lobo, a raposa, e a ovelha - 03:06

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

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Keywords: Fábulas

15. Portuguese - Mombaça : a sua fortaleza de Jesus - 44:43

Francisco Gavicho de Lacerda

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Keywords: História, África colonial

16. Portuguese - Soneto XX - 1:12

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

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Keywords: Bocage, auto-retrato, romantismo, arcadismo, lírica

17. Portuguese - Vaidade - 00:51

Florbela Espanca

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Keywords: sonho, onirismo, nihilismo

18. Portuguese - Voltareis, ó Christo? - 38:13

Camilo Castelo Branco

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Keywords: Amor, traição e desespero existencial

19. Spanish - El diamante de Villasola - 5:43

Miguel de Unamuno

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Keywords: teacher-centred pedagogy, hyperindividualism, occupational burnout, existentialism, satire

20. Spanish - El espejo de la muerte - 11:26

Miguel de Unamuno

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Keywords: tragic sense of life, faith vs doubt, human condition, existentialism, philosophy