Saturday Show #113: The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot (Performance)

Summary: This is a performance of the poem “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot. <br> Bent and Broken by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)<br><br> Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200087<br><br> Artist: http://incompetech.com/<br> I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)<br><br> Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100199<br><br> Artist: http://incompetech.com/<br> Auxiliary voice-work provided by Sherry Thompson. Performance by Frank Marcopolos. Translations provided below: <br> Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch.<br><br> I’m not Russian at all, I come from Lithuania, a true German.<br> Frisch weht der Wind / Der Heimat zu / Mein Irisch Kind, / Wo weilest du?<br><br> Fresh blows the wind / To the homeland / My Irish darling / Where do you linger? <br> Oed’ und leer das Meer / Desolate and empty the sea <br> hypocrite lecteur!–mon semblable,–mon frère!<br><br> hypocrite reader!–my double,–my brother! <br> Et O ces voix d’enfants, chantant dans la coupole<br><br> And, O those children’s voices singing in the dome!<br> Poi s’ascose nel foco che gli affina.<br><br> Then he hid himself in the fire that purifies them.<br> Quando fiam uti chelidon<br><br> When shall I become like the swallow? <br> Le Prince d’Aquitaine à la tour abolie<br><br> The prince of Aquitainia in the abandoned tower <br> Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata.<br><br> Give. Sympathize. Control. <br> Shantih = The Peace which passeth understanding.<br>