Multilingual Short Works Collection 022 - Poetry & Prose by Various

This is a 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<br /><br />1. Ancient Greek - Ἄστερες μὲν ἀμφὶ κάλαν σελάνναν [Asteres men amphi kalan selannan] - 0:42 <br /><a href=" http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57390">Link to text</a><br />Sappho (c. 630 - c. 570 BC)<br />key words: poetry, fragment, moon, stars<br /><br />2. Czech - Smrt kmotřenka - 7:24<br /><a href=" https://archive.org/details/stoprostonrodn00erbeuoft/page/36">Link to text</a><br />Karel Jaromír Erben (1811-1870)<br />key words: Slavic fairy tale<br /><br />3. Danish - Konen med æggene (en gammel historie sat i rim) - 2:33<br /><a href=" https://books.google.lu/books?id=4BBeAAAAcAAJ&hl=de&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q&f;=false">Link to text</a><br />H.C. Andersen (1805-1875)<br />key words: poetry, funny, wishful thinking<br /><br />4. Esperanto - En la brikejo - 26:44<br /><a href=" http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-buch?apm=0&aid=100042">Link to text</a><br />Józef Waśniewski (1858-1897)<br />key words: one of the earliest short stories in Esperanto<br /><br />5. Esperanto - Vizito de la steloj sur la tero - 6:03 <br /><a href=" http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8224">Link to text</a><br />Feliks Zamenhof (1868-1933)<br />key words: Poetry<br /><br />6. Esperanto - La vojevodo - 4:05 <br /><a href=" http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8224/8224-h/8224-h.htm">Link to text</a><br />Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), translated by L. L. Zamenhof<br />key words: Poetry, love, revenge, servant<br /><br />7. Italian (Roman dialect) - Er giudizzio univerzale - 1:21 <br /><a href=" https://archive.org/details/duecentosonetti01moragoog/page/n147">Link to text</a><br />Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863)<br />key words: end of the world; last judgment, Capella Sistina in popular verses<br /><br />8. Italian - Il mare canta - 1:15 <br /><a href=" http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9642">Link to text</a><br />Ferdinando Fontana (1850-1919)<br />key words: nature, sea, romantic poetry<br /><br />9. Italian - Marzo 1821 - 5:05 <br /><a href=" https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57565">Link to text</a><br />Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873)<br />key words: A civil ode about the Austrian domination in Italy<br /><br />10. Italian - Gli ubriachi - 15:38 <br /><a href=" http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57040">Link to text</a><br />Salvatore Di Giacomo (1860-1934)<br />key words: racconto napoletano, ubriachezza, 800<br /><br />11. Japanese - こころ通はざる日に [Kokoro-kayo wa zaru-bi ni] - 0:55 <br /><a href=" http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38697">Link to text</a><br />Haruo Sato (1892-1964)<br />key words: Poetry, Melancholy, Japanese Aestheticism<br /><br />12. Luxembourgish - Zwê Bridder - 1:05 <br /><a href=" http://www.eluxemburgensia.lu/BnlViewer/view/index.html?lang=en#panel:pp|issue:2833780|page:154">Link to text</a><br />Michel Lentz (1820-1893)<br />key words: poetry, funny and serious moments in life<br /><br />13. Old Tupi - Ave Marîa - 0:48 <br /><a href=" https://archive.org/details/catecismobrasili00ara/page/2">Link to text</a><br />Antônio de Araújo (1566-1632)<br />key words: catechism, Holy Mary, Jesuits, Indigenous<br /><br />14. Polish – Czaty - 4:03 <br /><a href=" https://polona.pl/item/poezye-adama-mickiewicza-t-1,MzQ4MTY3/83/#info:metadata">Link to text</a><br />Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855)<br />key words: Poetry, love, revenge, servant<br /><br />15. Polish - Polowanie na wieloryby - 23:05 <br /><a href=" https://polona.pl/item/na-daleki-wschod-kartki-z-podrozy,ODc4NTU0NzA/254/#info:metadata">Link to text</a><br />Wacław Sieroszewski (1858-1945)<br />key words: opowiadanie, polowanie, wieloryby<br /><br />16. Portuguese - Lei Áurea ou Lei Imperial n.° 3.353 - 2:25 <br /><a href=" https://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Lei_Áurea">Link to text</a><br />Rodrigo Augusto da Silva (1833-1889)<br />key words: Brazil, law, slavery, abolishment, escravidão, abolição<br /><br />17. Romanian - Câinele și Cățelul - 2:45 <br /><a href=" https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070383685&view=1up&seq=393">Link to text</a><br />Grigore Alexandrescu (1810-1885)<br />key words: Fable<br /><br />18. Romanian - El Zorab - 9:35 <br /><a href=" https://archive.org/details/baladeiidile00cogoog/page/n8">Link to text</a><br />George Cosbuc (1866-1918)<br />key words: Poetry<br /><br />19. Romanian - Lordul John<br />2:46 <br /><a href=" https://archive.org/details/baladeiidile00cogoog/page/n8">Link to text</a><br />George Cosbuc (1866-1918)<br />key words: Poetry<br /><br />20. Romanian - Ursul și Lupul<br />4:15 <br /><a href=" https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070383685&view=1up&seq=419">Link to text</a><br />Grigore Alexandrescu (1810-1885)<br />key words: Fable<br /><br />