Multilingual Short Works Collection 037 - Poetry & Prose

This is our 37th 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. Bengali - পড়ার হিসাব [Porar Hishab] - 1:28 Sukumar Ray Link to text [https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.26924/11897.10435- (part-1)/page/n5/mode/1up] Keywords: fun, study, fall, pun 2. French - O si chère de loin et proche et blanche - 1:29 Stéphane Mallarmé Link to text [https://archive.org/details/alr6875.0001.001.umich.edu/page/100/mode/2up] Keywords: Beauty, Affection, Stephane Mallarme, French, Poetry 3. French - Pour le Pays, Québec 8 mai 1871 - 25:52 Arthur Buies Link to text [https://archive.org/details/chroniquescanadi01buie/page/10/mode/2up] Keywords: Quebec City's infrastructure, the nature of the settler, weather and the land 4. German - Auf dem Brocken - 1:02 Heinrich Heine Link to text [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000006819231&seq=149] Keywords: Romantik, Natur, Liebe 5. German - Der Lindenbaum - 1:21 Wilhelm Müller Link to text [https://archive.org/details/gedicht00ml/page/112/mode/2up] Keywords: Die Winterreise; Romantik 6. German - Schlafen! - 16:42 Anton Tschechow Link to text [https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/cechov/schlafen/schlafen.html] Keywords: Drama, social criticism 7. German - Wirkungen der Völkerwanderung - 14:31 Felix Dahn Link to text [https://books.google.com/books?id=ynwOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA20] Keywords: Geschichte der Völkerwanderung 8. Hindi - मोटेराम जी शास्त्री [Moteramji Shastri] - 16:00 Premchand Link to text [http://kavitakosh.org/kk/otherapps/sajha-manch/?m=1niPbb5LUU5N7dYQooutOqRWMhyb3qDEW] Keywords: Satire, Caricature, Humour, Pre-Independence Indian society, Quackery 9. Hindi - प्रतिध्वनि [Pratidhwani] - 1:06 Suryakant Tripathi Nirala Link to text [http://kavitakosh.org/kk/otherapps/sajha-manch/?m=1_U_KBPn1b1yPVvXhQxTIDLGnaHb2aEgM&patrika=madhuripatrika] Keywords: Nature, Beauty, Memories, Resonance of Thoughts and Emotions 10. Hindi - सभ्यता [Sabhyata] - 2:31 Satyasharan Ratudi Link to text [https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.06164/11908.11578- (part-1)/page/n22/mode/1up] Keywords: grace, refinement, culture 11. Hindi - विदाई [Vidai] - 1:40 Jaishankar Prasad Link to text [http://kavitakosh.org/kk/otherapps/sajha-manch/?m=1_U_KBPn1b1yPVvXhQxTIDLGnaHb2aEgM&patrika=madhuripatrika] Keywords: Separation, Heartbreak, Skandagupta Vikramaditya 12. Latin - Canis deceptus - 1:06 Phaedrus Link to text [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020217603&seq=36] Keywords: Fabel, Antike, Aesop 13. Luxembourgish - Um Bur - 3:30 Anonymous Link to text [https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/bx920r/pages/2/articles/DTL44] Keywords: police, farmers, satire, smuggling 14. Persian - عاشق شدن پادشاه با کنیزک و تدبیر برای صحت او [âsheq shodan-e pâdeshâh...] - 2:31 Rumi Link to text [ https://ganjoor.net/moulavi/masnavi/daftar1/sh2] Keywords: king, maid, Health, Masnavi, مثنوی معنوی 15. Polish - Na panów, oskarżając ich o niedbałość ojczyzny - 2:04 Wacław Potocki Link to text [ https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Strona:Klejnoty_poezji_staropolskiej_(red._Baumfeld).djvu/151] Keywords: wiersz, szlachta, nagana, tchórzostwo 16. Polish - Wielcy złodzieje małe wieszą - 1:24 Biernat z Lublina Link to text [ https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Strona:PL_Chrzanowski_Ignacy_-_Biernata_z_Lublina_Ezop.djvu/309] Keywords: bajka, wiersz, złodziej 17. Russian - Капитанский мундир [Kapitanskiy mundir] - 13:25 Антон Чехов Link to text [ https://archive.org/details/polnoesobranesoc13chek/page/n386/mode/1up] Keywords: Портной, Капитан, Работа, Провинция 18. Russian - Либерал [Liberal] - 11:16 Антон Чехов Link to text [ https://viewer.rusneb.ru/ru/000199_000009_011287903?page=9&rotate=0&theme=white] Keywords: Подчинённый, Начальник, Протест, Новый год 19. Russian - Радость [Radost'] - 4:14 Антон Чехов Link to text [ https://archive.org/details/polnoesobranesoc13chek/page/n273/mode/2up] Keywords: Fun, Newspaper, Joy, Incident 20. Sanskrit - तर्कसङ्ग्रहः [Tarkasaṃgraha] - 29:47 Annambhaṭṭa Link to text [ https://archive.org/details/TarkasangrahaKhemrajEd/mode/2up] Keywords: Nyaya, Logic, Sanskrit, Beginners Manual, Indian Philosophy