Genre: Essays & Short Works, Poetry, Short Stories
Chapter: 28
Listen: 3
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by LibriVox volunteers.
Brief description of the contributions:
01 – Japanese – Sennin [1922]: prose, fiction, Oosaka, wizard
02 – Japanese – Mangan [1938]: prose, fiction, Mishima, doctor
03 – Latin – Pange lingua (gloriosi proelium certaminis) [6th Century]: poetry, medieval Latin
04 – Japanese – Matsurino ban: prose, fiction, children, festival
05 – Bulgarian – Баланиади (Balaniadi) [1917]: poetry, satire
06 – Bisaya – ¡“Fuera” kapyot! [1921]: prose, itoy-itoy
07 – Tagalog – Ang Aral ni Ina [1915]: poetry, mother’s wisdom, pantas na salita
08 – Latin – Pange Lingua (Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis): poetry, chant, Lent, Christianity
09 – Tagalog – ¡Bulalakaw…! [1915]: poetry, shooting star
10 – French – La Main: Short fiction, supernatural
11 – Japanese – Kako: prose,fiction,memory,matchstick
12 – Bisaya – Si Inday, Lider na sa Piniliay [1921]: prose, women equal with men in politics
13 – Tagalog – Tag-ulan [1915]: poetry, rainy season
14 – Japanese – Nyusyano ji [1907]: prose,non-fiction,university,newspaper
15 – Welsh – Sion a Sian (poem IX) [1911]: poetry, children, nursery rhyme, plant, gerdd
16 – Japanese – Piano: prose, fiction, Yokohama, piano
17 – Japanese – Aosuisen Akasuisen [1922]: prose,fiction,children,narcissus
18 – Chinese – 水调歌头 (Shuidiaogetou): prose, Chinese, Song Dynasty
19 – Polish – O doktorze Hiszpanie [1883]: poetry, poezja, fraszka, alkohol
20 – Polish – Czlowiek Boże igrzysko [1883]: poetry, poezja, pycha, człowiek, Bóg
21 – French – Misère [1832]: poetry, hunger, misery
22 – Tagalog – Sa Aking Mga Kabatà [1906]: poetry, all languages are alike, “ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit sa hayop at malansang isda”
23 – Danish – Flugten til Amerika [1900]: Poetry, children
24 – French – Le chapeau de Sans-Âme [1887]: prose, fiction, short story, Provence, hat
25 – Japanese – Hatsukoi [1897]: poetry, first love, apple
26 – Polish – Żona modna [1882-3]: poetry, poezja, satyra, moda
27 – Japanese – Umi: prose, non-fiction, sea
28 – Japanese – Nobara [1922]: prose, fiction, war, wild rose