Songs & Poems
Folk songs, anthems, carols and poems in their original language, with a translation beside every line and a recording to listen to.
Spanish: songs and poems
- La CucarachaTraditionalFolk song
- Por una miradaGustavo Adolfo BécquerPoem
- Cultivo una rosa blancaJosé MartíPoem
- Las MañanitasTraditionalFolk song
- Cielito LindoQuirino Mendoza y CortésSong
- De ColoresTraditionalFolk song
- La PalomaSebastián IradierSong
- A la nanita nanaJuan Francisco Muñoz y Pabón and José Ramón GomisCarol
- Himno Nacional CubanoPedro FigueredoAnthem
- Himno nacional de ChileEusebio Lillo, Bernardo de Vera y Pintado, and Ramón CarnicerAnthem
- Himno Nacional de la República del EcuadorJuan León Mera and Antonio NeumaneAnthem
- Los suspirosGustavo Adolfo BécquerPoem
- ¿Que es poesía?Gustavo Adolfo BécquerPoem
- Versos sencillos (José Martí)José MartíPoem
- Rimas VII (Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer)Gustavo Adolfo BécquerPoem
- Himno Nacional MexicanoFrancisco González Bocanegra and Jaime NunóAnthem
French: songs and poems
- Frère JacquesTraditionalNursery rhyme
- Le roi, sa femme et le petit princeTraditionalFolk song
- J'ai du bon tabacTraditionalFolk song
- Il était une bergèreTraditionalFolk song
- Auprès de ma blondeTraditionalFolk song
- À la claire fontaineTraditionalFolk song
- RenaudTraditionalFolk song
- Ô CanadaAdolphe-Basile Routhier and Calixa LavalléeAnthem
- La MarseillaiseClaude Joseph Rouget de LisleAnthem
- Demain, dès l'aube…Victor HugoPoem
- Soleils CouchantsVictor HugoPoem
- Le Pont MirabeauGuillaume ApollinairePoem
German: songs and poems
- Es regnet, es regnetTraditionalNursery rhyme
- Alle meine EntchenTraditionalNursery rhyme
- Dunkel war's, der Mond schien helleTraditionalPoem
- Die Gedanken sind freiTraditionalFolk song
- Der Mond ist aufgegangenMatthias ClaudiusPoem
- DeutschlandliedAugust Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben and Joseph HaydnAnthem
- Es liegt der heiße SommerHeinrich HeinePoem
- Er ist'sEduard MörikePoem
- MailiedJohann Wolfgang von GoethePoem
- Über allen GipfelnJohann Wolfgang von GoethePoem
- Der du von dem Himmel bistJohann Wolfgang von GoethePoem
- Es geht eine dunkle Wolk' hereinTraditionalFolk song
- Aus einem AprilRainer Maria RilkePoem
- ErlkönigJohann Wolfgang von GoethePoem
- Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im HavellandTheodor FontanePoem
- An die Freude (Hymne der Europäischen Union)Friedrich SchillerPoem
Polish: songs and poems
- Sto latTraditionalFolk song
- Idzie GrześJulian TuwimPoem
- Wlazł kotek na płotekTraditionalNursery rhyme
- Stary niedźwiedź mocno śpiTraditionalNursery rhyme
- Ojciec WirgiliuszTraditionalNursery rhyme
- Płynie Wisła, płynieEdmund WasilewskiSong
- Dwa kogutyAleksander FredroPoem
- Paweł i GawełAleksander FredroPoem
- Szła dzieweczka do laseczkaTraditionalFolk song
- Krakowiaczek jedenTraditionalFolk song
- Hej, sokołyMaciej KamieńskiSong
- O mój rozmarynieWacław Denhoff-CzarnockiFolk song
- Hej, hej ułani!TraditionalFolk song
- Wojenko, wojenkoTraditionalFolk song
- My pierwsza brygadaAndrzej Hałaciński, Tadeusz Biernacki, and Andrzej Brzuchal-SikorskiSong
- Mazurek DąbrowskiegoJózef WybickiAnthem
- Stefek BurczymuchaMaria KonopnickaPoem
- NiepewnośćAdam MickiewiczPoem
- Moja piosnkaCyprian Kamil NorwidPoem
- WspomnienieJulian TuwimPoem
English: songs and poems
- Head, Shoulders, Knees and ToesTraditionalNursery rhyme
- Row, Row, Row Your BoatTraditionalNursery rhyme
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarJane TaylorNursery rhyme
- London Bridge Is Falling DownTraditionalNursery rhyme
- Itsy Bitsy SpiderTraditionalNursery rhyme
- O CanadaRobert Stanley Weir and Calixa LavalléeAnthem
- A Home on the RangeBrewster Higley and Daniel E. KelleySong
- Leave Her, Johnny, Leave HerTraditionalFolk song
- Australian National AnthemPeter Dodds McCormickAnthem
- When You and I Were YoungGeorge Washington JohnsonPoem
- "Hope" is the thing with feathersEmily DickinsonPoem
- The TygerWilliam BlakePoem
- If—Rudyard KiplingPoem
- The Star-Spangled BannerFrancis Scott Key and John Stafford SmithAnthem
Italian: songs and poems
Portuguese: songs and poems
- Peixe VivoTraditionalFolk song
- Sapo Cururu (Brasil)TraditionalNursery rhyme
- Bailinho da MadeiraTraditionalFolk song
- A PortuguesaHenrique Lopes de Mendonça and Alfredo KeilAnthem
- Canção do Exílio (Brasil)Gonçalves DiasPoem
- As pombasRaimundo CorreiaPoem
- RústicaFlorbela EspancaPoem
- Hino Nacional BrasileiroOsório Duque-Estrada and Francisco Manuel da SilvaAnthem