«La canción de Hiawatha» («The Song of Hiawatha») es un poema épico de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) que narra las aventuras de un guerrero ojibwe llamado Hiawatha y de su amor por Minnehaha, una joven dakota.
Este poema de personajes ficticios, y cuya temática gira en torno a las tradiciones de los nativos americanos, fue publicado por primera vez en 1855. A pesar de ser ficticio, sí que existió un famoso Hiawatha. histórico
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiawatha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiawatha
Os dejo por aquí el poema, además de una canción y una película de dibujos animados inspiradas en él. Todos en versión original.
https://archive.org/stream/songhiawathathe00longrich/songhiawathathe00longrich_djvu.txt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIXak7HH5ds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t7DvXjRH0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkqaSqwHlsw&fbclid=IwAR1QBJzvkk_k6qwNxQumgziDmoEOYaxLwn16yzNA1yeXdt7atBHL_QHalmM
Y el poema Campanas de Navidad
Christmas Bells
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ZTfijr5z8&list=RDY2ZTfijr5z8&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbQH8WedRY
