Multilingual Short Works Collection 026 - Poetry & Prose


This is our 26th 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 - الكذب [al-kadhib] 3:34 Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti Keywords: المجتمع، الكذب، النفاق، society, lying, hypocrisy, النظرات‎ Link to Text 2. Chinese - 祝福 [zhufu] 36:45 Lu Xun Keywords: 彷徨, New Year Sacrifice, short story, 新文化運動, 新文化运动, New Culture Movement Link to Text 3. Chinese - 在酒楼上 [zai jiulou shang] 22:42 Lu Xun Keywords: 彷徨, In the Tavern, short story, 新文化運動, 新文化运动, New Culture Movement Link to Text 4. Dutch - Konstantijntje, 't zaligh kijntje 0:58 Joost van den Vondel Keywords: Keywords: multilingual, dutch, death, children, grief, poem Link to Text 5. German - Ein merkwürdiges Mädchen 4:46 Alexander Moszkowski Keywords: multilingual, german, short story, humor, satire Link to Text 6. Italian - Canto XI del Paradiso 11:07 Dante Alighieri Keywords: multilingual, italian, dante alighieri, divina commedia, paradiso, francesco d’assisi, poverello, ordine francescano, cristianesimo, misticismo, ascetismo, spiritualità, povertà, tommaso d’aquino, domenico, ordine domenicano, spiriti sapienti Link to Text 7. Italian - Mariotto e Giannozza, Novella XXXIII del Novellino 26:32 Masuccio Salernitano Keywords: multilingual, italian, novellino, masuccio salernitano, romantic, tragedy, sadness, love, passion, death, romeo and juliet, shakespeare Link to Text 8. Italian - Il Soldano e il Giudeo, Novella LXXIII de "Il Novellino. Le ciento novelle antike", dell'Anonimo Fiorentino del XIII secolo 2:23 unknown Keywords: multilingual, italian, novellino, anonimo fiorentino, melchisedec giudeo, tre anella, decameron, boccaccio, tolerance, brotherhood Link to Text 9. Latin - Ad Corinthios Epistula Prima, Caput Tertiumdecimum (Biblia Sacra Vulgata) 2:48 Biblia Sacra Vulgata Keywords: multilingual, latin, vulgata, bible, new testament, first epistle to the corinthians, 1 Cor 13, laus caritati, fides, spes, caritas, agape, saul tarsensis, paulus, paul the apostle, sosthenes, religion, mysticism, christianity Link to Text 10. Latin - Carmen XXI: ‘In Lenam’ 4:54 Ludovico Ariosto Keywords: multilingual, latin, ariosto, poetry, comic, lena, pimping, prostitution, carducci, odi barbare Link to Text 11. Latin - De magisterio sancti Francisci ad fratrem Leonem, quod in sola cruce est perfecta laetitia, Caput Septimum 7:43 Ugolino Brunforte Keywords: multilingual, latin, religion, christianity, spirituality, mysticism, ascetism, devotion, francis of assisi, franciscanism, franciscans, poverelli, ugolino brunforte, florilegium, poverty, suffering, cross Link to Text 12. Luxembourgish - De Grôsspapp 1:31 Michel Lentz Keywords: poetry, grandfather, family, grandchild, nostalgia, love, happiness Link to Text 13. Old English (West Saxon dialect) - The Gospel of Saint Mark, Chapter 1 8:53 West-Saxon Gospels Keywords: Wessex Gospels, Old English, Westseaxisċ Link to Text 14. Polish - Grażyna 56:41 Adam Mickiewicz Keywords: poemat, kobieta, wojna Link to Text 15. Polish - Kamizelka 21:59 Bolesław Prus Keywords: short story Link to Text 16. Polish - Śmierć Pułkownika 1:56 Adam Mickiewicz Keywords: poem Link to Text 17. Portuguese - A igreja do diabo 19:00 Machado de Assis Keywords: Deus; diabo; igreja; vícios; virtudes; literatura brasileira Link to Text 18. Russian - Гость [Gost'] 19:47 Борис Зайцев Keywords: police, brutality, intelligentsia, snobbery Link to Text 19. Spanish - Los espíritus de los muertos 2:07 Edgar Allan Poe (translated by Alberto Lasplaces) Keywords: muerte, espíritus, soledad, tristeza Link to Text 20. Spanish - Mi último adiós 4:38 José Rizal Keywords: Rizal, Filipinas, poesía filipina Link to Text (4 hr 20 min)