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Multilingual Short Works Collection 038 - Poetry & Prose

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This is our 38th 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. Assamese - প্ৰিয়তমাৰ চিঠি [Priyatamar Sithi] - 01:20 Hemchandra Goswami (হেমচন্দ্ৰ গোস্বামী) link to text Keywords: Love letter 2. Bengali - পুরানো সেই দিনের কথা [Purano sei diner kotha] - 01:37 Rabindranath Tagore link text (no 34, page 1012) Keywords: nostalgia, passage of time, reminiscence 3. Chinese (Cantonese) - 三字經 [Saam Zi Ging] - 11:47 Yinglin Wang (王應麟) link to text Keywords: classical text, Three Character Classic 4. Chinese (Mandarin) - 難得 [nande] - 01:19 Xu Zhimo (徐志摩) link to text (p. 62) Keywords: "Seldom", Winter, Friend, Fire, Quiet, Night, Empathy 5. Chinese (Mandarin) - 去罷 [qu ba] - 01:08 Xu Zhimo (徐志摩) link to text (p. 28) Keywords: "Go", Mountain, Sorrow, Departure, Journey 6. Chinese (Mandarin) - 沙揚娜拉 [Shā yáng nà lā] - 00:50 Xu Zhimo (徐志摩) link to text (p. 10) Keywords: poetry, Chinese, Japan, goodbye, lady 7. Chinese (Mandarin) - 雪花的快樂 [Xuě huā de kuài lè] - 01:32 Xu Zhimo (徐志摩) link to text (p. 7) Keywords: poetry, Chinese, snowflake, happiness 8. Chinese (Mandarin) - 月下雷峰影片 [yue xia lei feng yingpian] - 00:56 Xu Zhimo (徐志摩) link to text (p. 58) Keywords: "Film of Leifeng Under the Moon", Leifeng, Moon, Lake, Pagoda, Boat, Film 9. Garo - Ka.sagipa Ripeng Jesus - 02:55 Unknown link to text Keywords: Christian Hymn, What a Friend we have in Jesus 10. German - Die neue Oberwelt - 15:39 Paul Scheerbart link to text Keywords: Science Fiction 11. Hindi - भिखारिणी का गीत [Bhikharini Ka Geet] - 1:30 Padmakant Malviya (पद्मकांत मालवीय) link to text (p. 11) Keywords: Detachment, Inner Peace, Music, Nature, Poetry 12. Hindi - ननकू चौधरी [Nanku Chowdhary] - 34:06 Vishwambharnath Sharma Kaushik (विशम्भरनाथ शर्मा कौशिक) link to text (p. 4) Keywords: Indian Rural Family, Bereavement, Moral Conflict 13. Hindi - स्वर्ग की झलक [Swarg ki Jhalak] - 15:17 Mahavir Prasad (महावीर प्रसाद) link to text (p. 46) Keywords: Moral Story, Children's Story, Altruism 14. Hindi - टूटी आशाएँ [Tooti Aashaayein] - 1:15 Padmakant Malviya (पद्मकांत मालवीय) link to text (p. 14) Keywords: Despair, Melancholy, Longing, Symbolism 15. Hungarian - Csöndes este - 15:46 István Apáthy link to text Keywords: short story, illness, hospital, memories, dreams, death; Az út a révpart felé: Klinikai képek 16. Polish - Pieśń o starym żeglarzu - 28:18 Samuel Taylor Coleridge link to text Keywords: poemat, okręt, kara, Jan Kasprowicz (tłumacz) 17. Portuguese - Canção do exilio - 1:36 Gonçalves Dias link to text Keywords: Cantos, Poetry 18. Portuguese - Horas Vivas - 1:43 Machado de Assis link to text Keywords: Lyrical Poetry 19. Portuguese - I-Juca-Pirama - 21:46 Gonçalves Dias link to text Keywords: epic poem, indigenous heroism and honor, Tupi culture, strength of family ties 20. Spanish - Hamlet y Don Quijote - 39:33 Ivan Sergueevich Turguenev link to text (p. 13) Keywords: ensayo, literatura, filosofia, traducido por Torcuato Tasso Serra

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