A.Z. Foreman
Linguist, dad-joker, grad student.
Videos mostly feature translations of poetry, and also audio-reconstructions exploring the sound of historical languages in Europe and the Near East.
More stuff available at my patreon
"Helen" by Paul Valéry read in French and in my English translation
Saadi's Ghazal to the Camel-Driver, read in Medieval Persian Pronunciation
Shakespeare's Sonnet 65 read in Early Modern English pronunciation
"Daughter's Song" by Zulfiya Atoi read in Tajik and in my English translation
"Lament for his People" by Abid b. Al-Abras read in Arabic and English
Shahnama in English Translation: The Tale of Gayomart and the Black Demon
Théophile de Viau's Lament for Clairac read in early Modern French and my English translation
Preface of the Shahnameh, read in English translation
Shakespeare's Sonnet 77 in Early Modern English pronunciation
Ulysses and the Siren, by Samuel Daniel, read in (2 different) Early Modern English pronunciation(s)
The Song of Moses: Deuteronomy 31:24-32:43 in post-exilic and pre-exilic Hebrew pronunciation
Six Degrees of the Shma: Deuteronomy 6:4-6 in Six Historical Pronunciations of Biblical Hebrew
Mercutio's "Queen Mab" Speech from Romeo & Juliet read in Early Modern Pronunciation
Shakespeare's Sonnets 27 and 28 in Early Modern English pronunciation
Shakespeare's Sonnet 6 in Early Modern Pronunciation
"Deor" from the Exeter Book read in 9th century Old Mercian
"Evensong"/ערבית by Haim Nahman Bialik, read in Ashkenazic Hebrew and in English translation
Shakespeare's Sonnet 8 read in Early Modern English pronunciation
Beowulf 2231-2270 read in Early Mercian: Lament of the Last Survivor
Beowulf 1-227 ("Dawn of Things Ferocious") read in Early Mercian
Sonnet 54 from Astrophel & Stella, by Sir Philip Sidney, read in Late Elizabethan Pronunciation
Shakespeare's Sonnet 15 read in Early Modern English pronunciation
Sonnets 1 & 2 from Astrophel & Stella, by Sir Philip Sidney, read in Late Elizabethan Pronunciation
Psalm 120 read in a reconstruction of Tiberian Hebrew Pronunciation from the Aleppo Codex
Psalm 117 read in Reconstructed Tiberian Hebrew with and without cantillation
Shakespeare's Sonnets 71-74 read in Early Modern English pronunciation
Reading of 2 Samuel 1 read in reconstructed Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation
"Slip" by Nawal Nafaa, read in Arabic and in English
Lady Macbeth's "The Raven Himself is Hoarse" speech read in Early Modern Pronunciation
"The Fall" by Adunis, read in Arabic and in English ادونيس: قصيدة السقوط