Multilingual Poetry Collection 004

The world speaks in more than one tongue. This collection gathers poems from across centuries, read aloud in their original languages by readers who love them. From the musical cadences of French verse to the precise beauty of German lyric, from the ancient rhythms of Greek to the unexpected music of lesser-known tongues, these recordings capture something a translation never can: the sound of a poem as its author heard it. LibriVox volunteers from around the world share their favorite works, poems that have outlived their poets and crossed oceans to find new voices. Some are famous, recognized by anyone who studied literature in school. Others are discoveries, small masterpieces waiting to be found. What unites them is the human need to make language sing. Put on your headphones. Close your eyes. Let the poem come to you in the voice it was born in.