Multilingual Short Works Collection 028 - Poetry & Prose

This is our 28th 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. German - Kind in der Wiege - 2:08 Klabund Link to text [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o9IsAAAAYAAJ/page/n63/mode/1up] Keywords: multilingual, German, short story, philosophical, thoughtful 2. German - Wie ein Schnupfen kuriert wird - 10:17 Mark Twain Link to text [https://archive.org/details/marktwainsausgew03twaiiala/page/16/mode/2up] Keywords: Humor, Feuilleton, Amerikanische Literatur, How to Cure a Cold 3. Hebrew - לבדי [Levadi] - 2:10 Hayim Nahman Bialik Link to text [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435051088102&view=1up&seq=133] Keywords: Bialik, multilingual, Hebrew 4. Hungarian - Új virágos ifjusággal - 1:50 Endre Ady Link to text [http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/38494] Keywords: A magunk szerelme 5. Italian - Amore, in cui disio ed ho fidanza - 3:07 Pier delle Vigne Link to text [https://archive.org/details/oxfordbookofital00lucarich/page/42/mode/2up] Keywords: multilingual, Italian, pier delle vigne, scuola siciliana, amor cortese, Pietro della Vigna, Pietro delle Vigne, Petrus de Vinea 6. Italian - Al cor gentil ripara sempre amore - 4:23 Guido Guinizelli Link to text [https://archive.org/details/poetidelprimosec01fireuoft/page/92/mode/2up] Keywords: multilingual, Italian, stilnovismo, guido guinizelli, guinizzelli, guinicelli, dolce stil novo, amor cortese, donna angelicata, nobiltà, gentilezza 7. Italian - Chi è questa che ven, ch’ogn’om la mira - 1:21 Guido Cavalcanti Link to text [https://archive.org/details/lerimediguidoca02cavagoog/page/n120/mode/2up] Keywords: multilingual, Italian, dolce stil novo, stilnovismo, sonnet, guido cavalcanti, love, purity, suavity, overwhelmedness, incognoscibility, unknowableness 8. Italian - Io vo’ del ver la mia donna lodare - 1:23 Guido Guinizelli Link to text [https://archive.org/details/poetidelprimosec01fireuoft/page/112/mode/2up] Keywords: multilingual, Italian, stilnovismo, guido guinizelli, guinizzelli, guinicelli, dolce stil novo, amor cortese, donna angelicata, nobiltà, gentilezza 9. Italian - Malaria - 22:23 Giovanni Verga Link to text [https://archive.org/details/novellerustican00verggoog/page/n85/mode/2up] Keywords: malaria, Verga, Italian, novelle rusticane, sicilia 10. Italian - Maravigliosamente - 3:01 Giacomo da Lentini Link to text [https://archive.org/details/oxfordbookofital00lucarich/page/47/mode/2up] Keywords: multilingual, Italian, giacomo da lentini, jacopo da lentini, notaro, scuola siciliana, amor cortese, fenhedor 11. Polish - Burza - 1:11 Adam Mickiewicz Link to text [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27081] Keywords: wiersz, sonety krymskie, niebepieczeństwo, podróż 12. Polish - Chmury - 1:15 Juliusz Słowacki Link to text [https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Chmury_(Słowacki,_1909)] Keywords: chmury, poem, multilingual, polish 13. Polish - Szakale - 19:23 Gabriela Zapolska Link to text [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34635/] Keywords: opowiadanie, chciwość, śmierć 14. Polish - Wieczyste Piękno - 2:06 Adam Asnyk Link to text [https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Strona:Pl_Poezye_t._1_(asnyk).djvu/079] Keywords: Asnyk, multilingual, Polish 15. Romanian - Taina - 2:03 Octavian Goga Link to text [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Octavian_Goga_-_Din_umbra_zidurilor_-_Poezii.pdf&page=103] Keywords: Romanian poetry, the mystery, the power of love; taina, puterea iubirii 16. Russian - Бедная Шарлотта [Bednaya Charlotte] - 20:55 Vladimir Jabotinsky Link to text [https://archive.org/details/CharlottaPoem/page/n1/mode/2up] Keywords: Charlotte Corday, Russian poetry, French Revolution, terror, enjambments 17. Spanish - A Roma Sepultada en Sus Ruinas - 1:01 Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas Link to text [http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000050707] Keywords: Passage of time, Rome, Shortness of life / PL notes p. 5 18. Spanish - Benedictino - 31:58 Leopoldo Alas (Clarín) Link to text [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62361] Keywords: benedictino, cuentos cortos, solteronas, clarin, El Señor y lo demás son cuentos 19. Spanish - El Centauro - 10:33 Leopoldo Alas "Clarín" Link to text [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62361/] Keywords: centauro, cuentos, clarín 20. Spanish - Pakhom el Mujik - 40:46 León Tolstoi Link to text [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015050985178&view=1up&seq=277] Keywords: ¿Cuánta tierra necesita un hombre?