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Multilingual Short Works Collection 024 - Poetry & Prose

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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 1. Ancient Greek - Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα [Dèdyke mèn a selànna], Fragment 168 B 0:43 - Sappho Key Words: multilingual, ancient greek, poetry, sappho, moon, melancholy, sadness, loneliness Link to Text 2. Czech - Přetékající pohár 1:00 - František Gellner Key words: poetry, symbolism, friendship, hope Link to Text 3. German - Der vergeßliche Stadtschreiber 1:58 - Wilhelm Busch Key words: wit, Humor Link to Text 4. Hindi - मानवाधिकारों की सार्वभौम घोषणा [Maanavaadhikaaron kee saarvabhaum ghoshana] 17:07 - United Nations Key words: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights, international law Link to Text 5. Italian - Non ha l’ottimo artista alcun concetto 1:23 - Michelangelo Buonarroti Key Words: multilingual, italian, michelangelo, buonarroti, art, sculpture, love, romantic, courtship Link to Text 6. Italian - Sogni e favole io fingo, e pure in carte 1:31 - Pietro Metastasio Key Words: multilingual, italian, metastasio, art, fiction, dream, self-deception, truth, reality Link to Text 7. Latin - Carmen III.30 2:11 - Quintus Horatius Flaccus Key words: multilingual, latin, horatius, horace, carmina, odes, poetry, immortality, fame, non omnis moriar Link to Text 8. Latin - Carmen 16: Pædicabo ego vos et inrumabo 1:27 - Gaius Valerius Catullus Key Words: multilingual, latin, catullus, carmina, poetry, morality, invective, obscenity, prophanity, censorship, explicit sexual content Link to Text 9. Latin - Metamorphōseōn Epilogue 1:39 - Publius Ovidius Naso Key Words: multilingual, latin, ovidius, ovid, metamorphoses, poetry, immortality, fame Link to Text 10. Luxembourgish - Un d'Nuôchtegeilchen 1:09 - Michel Lentz Key words: poetry, romantic, sadness, nightingale Link to Text 11. Marathi - मानवी अधिकाराचा जागतिक जाहीरनामा [Mānavī adhikārācā jāgatika jāhīranāmā] 17:14 - United Nations Key words: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights, international law Link to Text 12. Polish - Rozdziobią nas kruki, wrony... 19:36 - Stefan Żeromski Key words: opowiadanie, powstanie, walka Link to Text 13. Portuguese - Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos 16:04 - United Nations, Key words: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights, international law Link to Text 14. Russian - Ашик-Кериб [Ashik-Kerib] 26:50 - Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов Key Words: Russian, fairy tale, Turkish Link to Text 15. Russian - Женское международное движение. Сборник статей [Zhenskoye mezhdunarodnoye dvizheniye. Sbornik statey] 29:52 - various authors Key words: third international socialist women's conference at Berne, women’s movement (Russia, Bulgaria, Australia, Switzerland, Spain, UK, Yugoslavia, including Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia), feminism, political reforms, first-wave feminism, women’s rights, socialist workers’ party, marxism, socialist women, equal opportunities Link to Text 16. Russian - Памятник [Pamyatnik] 1:52 - Гавриил (Гаврила) Романович Державин Key words: Russian poetry, Neoclassicism, Enlightened absolutism, Exegi monumentum, Памятник, подражание Горацию Link to Text 17. Russian - Скифы [Skify] 5:43 - Alexander Blok Key words: Russian, poetry, Silver age, symbolism, struggle, survival Link to Text 18. Russian - Я памятник себе воздвиг нерукотворный… [Ya pamyatnik sebe vozdvig nerukotvorny...] 1:49 - Александр Сергеевич Пушкин Key words: Russian poetry, Neoclassicism, Romantic era, Exegi monumentum, Памятник, подражание Горацию Link to Text 19. Serbian - Општа декларација о правима човека [Opšta Deklaracija O Pravima Čoveka] 14:16 - United Nations Key words: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights, international law Link to Text 20. Ukrainian and Russian - Ворона и рак [Vorona i rak] 1:25 - unknown author Key words: flattery, fable, Russian fable, crow, crawfish, crayfish Link to Text

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