Beowulf - Seamus Heaney: Part 1 of 2

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12 жыл бұрын

Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's new translation of Beowulf comes to life in this gripping audio. Heaney's performance reminds us that Beowulf, written near the turn of another millennium, was intended to be heard not read.
Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and lives to old age before dying in a vivid fight against a dragon. - HighBridge Audio

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@laurenceratte 5 жыл бұрын

Useful bookmarks : The Hero comes to Heorot : 11:21 The Fight with Grendel : 28:38 Celebration at Heorot : 38:32 Skip from 873 to 916 Skip from 956 to 1019 Another Attack : 54:05 Beowulf fights Grendel's Mother : 1:00:55 Final line of this part 1 - 1491 Welcome!

@starhunter9085 5 жыл бұрын

*Thanks*

@itsadeer7008 4 жыл бұрын

You're a god

@mark270five 4 жыл бұрын

You are beautiful! Thank you so much!

@bashkillszombies 4 жыл бұрын

When you're such an ignorant and lazy person you can't listen to an hour of audio rather than reading the text. Shameful. Life will pay you back for that attitude though, it tends to be brutal to lazy cheaters. ;)

@Sydney-sc8sb 4 жыл бұрын

bashpr0mpt orrrr the person has already listened to it and needs those bookmarks for a specific reason, such as they only want to listen to that part, or they’re writing a paper on that specific section? Life is not kind to those who are not kind back to it :)

@minydoom 4 жыл бұрын

This actually saved my life when I procrastinated on my college reading. Thank you, so so much dear youtuber.

@anxietea5171 4 жыл бұрын

Kai W. Yo it’s abridged so be aware that ur missing some stuff

@ziggyskinner6001 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I have to read it in 9th grade😂😄😊😶😥

@riversvera 3 жыл бұрын

College? Bruh I’m reading this in High School

@bm239 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao same.

@lukemills5179 3 жыл бұрын

You're doing this for college? I'm a sophomore in highschool

@stella6869 4 жыл бұрын

places where parts are skipped: 40:36 he jumps from line 873 to "The light of day..." on line 916 42:53 jumps from line 955 to line 1019 51:52 jumps from line 1196 to line 1216 55:06 jumps from line 1267 to line 1276

@johnathanb2114 4 жыл бұрын

Thx.

@sarahmagnusen289 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Quenche 3 жыл бұрын

He also skips a bit around lines 350-400. Also lines 418-426. Threw me off, was getting into a good visual reading xD

@ashsteepingtea 3 жыл бұрын

^^^ 20:28 line 350-490

@flamewolf2936 3 жыл бұрын

Thank god I only hav to listen to 33 or 34 minutes of this for my lessom

@kelpk0re 3 жыл бұрын

As a dyslexic AP Brit Lit student, I applaud you my good sir.

@yeemawheaver1387 3 жыл бұрын

I'm on the same boat as you. It's hard enough for me to read normal English now I'm reading this

@musicstewart9744 2 жыл бұрын

A man with ADD here who can absorb and enjoy much better by hearing than reading.

@emmajoy5068 2 жыл бұрын

im in the same boat. this is so hard to read for me lol

@jrb4935 Жыл бұрын

Why can dyslexic people always spell 'dyslexic'?

@blastforth 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had this in high school. Better late then never. I compared this to a text from the Harvard Classics. What an awesome translation this is. Another example how rich and varied is the English language.

@lillix4158 2 жыл бұрын

with all do respect if you could see the assignments that go along with it and pit it against summer plans as a teenager you'd probably reconsider lol

@emmajoy5068 2 жыл бұрын

the skyrim backgrounds really makes this

@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts 2 ай бұрын

It's lazy and irrelevant. Nothing like it would have been. There are plenty enough reconstructed dwellings to use a picture of.

@glishev 4 жыл бұрын

The Skyrim house is a most fitting place for listening to Beowulf... exactly like hearing a poem on Olaf One-eye in a Regia Anglorum mead-hall :)

@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts 2 ай бұрын

No. It isn't. It's nothing like an authentic period hall would be.

@glishev 2 ай бұрын

@@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts it's not... and it is :)

@star_blazer 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! A truly beautiful translation.

@FadedSilkandGhosts 12 жыл бұрын

Finally a good narrator, thanks so much for sharing this.

@maleahteusink3563 3 жыл бұрын

Here are some checkpoints of where sections are: 5:31-Heorot is Attacked 11:12-The Hero comes to Heorot 25:12-Feast at Heorot 38:32-Celebration at Heorot 54:03-Another Attack 1:00:55-Beowulf fights Grendel's Mother line 1491-Part 1 ends I definitely recommend speeding up the video to 1.25 or even 1.5 if you are in a hurry (who isn't haha) it doesn't hinder the experience or comprehension in my opinion. This is definitely an abridged version also, so I recommend following along with your text and pausing to read the sections that are cut out (there are quite a few).

@toria123 Жыл бұрын

You have probably moved on.. finished college but you have left this helpful knowledge for wee little students like me

@davidjm61 10 жыл бұрын

A wonderful epic of storytelling from a time when the wind howled outside the great hall and wolves replied from the wood. Sit around the fire and drink deep of the mead cup and let the warm voice of the poet carry you into the long lost times.

@czntrm 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Got my other tablet with fireplace, wind and rain ambience as I listen to this and work on my knitting. Got coffee instead of mead. 😆

@purplesky99876 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting this up. :D This was on so many lists of books/poems to read before you enter college. RIP to the narrator.

@ThePaulHealy 11 жыл бұрын

this has given me so much pleasure over the years. a master at work.

@Viacetham22 2 жыл бұрын

Thank the Lord for this, I’ve gotta read half the book by tomorrow for my sophomore class 🥲 this helped!

@vilee600 2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@stevenwalle4380 2 жыл бұрын

What an awesome reading! Thank you so much.

@adambarett8629 7 жыл бұрын

after line 495 im lost for like 3 minutes

@KAI-uy3lp 3 жыл бұрын

Where did u go to?

@gjf984 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. It's marvelous. A gem from the all but forgotten past. Thank God for ancient texts saved, for the songs of the scops ... Thanks for Seamus.

@daniela.harris9052 7 жыл бұрын

Superior translation, fabulous reading!

@1Directioner1992 12 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I have been looking for! Thank you so much! :)

@Evelyn-hu7gz 3 жыл бұрын

You're a life saver! :) When it comes to youtube and audiobooks you can almost always count on someone!

@SusannaDuffy 11 жыл бұрын

You just can't beat Seamus Heaney. Brilliant translator and a poet himself

@hyfrfuego4816 7 жыл бұрын

Like if you're taking British Literature XD

@houseoflaqua3175 5 жыл бұрын

i'm late but i don't think this is the one i need HELP ME lmao

@danielveres4351 5 жыл бұрын

So am I. Please tell me you found a better one. :D

@snakemilthescienceeel2565 5 жыл бұрын

I see you fam

@houseoflaqua3175 5 жыл бұрын

Dániel Veres I just had to buy it on audiobooks 😂😂

@truebluedah5198 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah me.. oof

@drewlovett5979 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing!! Listening while reading 🙌🏾

@PoetryETrain 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you, much much appreciated, and added to a playlist...

@kennethchen5180 7 жыл бұрын

If anyone gets lost around line 495, it jumps to line 607

@jilliangrey9869 7 жыл бұрын

yeah. i noticed that. it's really annoying because it skips a really funny scene between unferth and beowulf

@Surtur99 5 жыл бұрын

@@jilliangrey9869 Does he skip anything else or just that?

@katietillman9634 4 жыл бұрын

@@Surtur99 Also skips 873 to 916

@Surtur99 4 жыл бұрын

@@katietillman9634 damn thx

@davinci3478 4 жыл бұрын

It’s abridged

@seanod7157 5 жыл бұрын

Deeply touching. Heaney's translation brings the story to life and a tear to my eyes.

@phlaryx7145 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! I’ve got to read this for my English 211 class and this makes it so much easier.

@alexalston7428 10 жыл бұрын

Superb! I've always struggled with the old English version. This is Heaney ablaze!

@JoachimderZweite 6 жыл бұрын

WOW - I love this and the language is incredible. I speak German, Swedish and Dutch so I can't help wondering if I could parse enough of the original to understand it.

@anjanettebriggman2000 2 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness I found this version

@jonathaneffemey944 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for posting

@amandab4487 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect! Thank you so much!

@StefTheHan 2 жыл бұрын

I like the use of the still image of Breezehome, the house you can buy in whiterun in Skyrim.

@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts 2 ай бұрын

Yes. And not at all like an Anglo Saxon hall.

@leornendeealdenglisc 9 жыл бұрын

The name Beowulf is a combination of Bee and hunter. Beo is bee in Old English, and Wulf can be Wolf but it can also mean hunter. Thus Bee-hunter, and what animal hunts after bees? A bear.

@NitroNinja324 5 жыл бұрын

That......that just makes him even cooler.

@Soundwave._ 5 жыл бұрын

OSP reference! Nice.

@hankhabermann2783 4 жыл бұрын

sigh. tone-deaf modernism. beo is a deeper root than "bee"... bright, flashy, full, flush. beo + ending for flighty thing and you get a contraction to bee, meaning a little flighty thing full of life. beo+ wulf (ending for the ones watching and watched by the dead, to the edge of martial madness), and you get something different... the image it conjures for me is the dead hovering right under the skin of the earth, soaking in the sunlight, and equally soaking in the magnificence and fierce courage of this hero, with the hero honoring them, strong in the knowledge he's being watched. read it in context and I think you'll agree it's a better fit and less tortured.

@ciscomartinez6092 4 жыл бұрын

Hank Habermann dork

@SvanhildrG 4 жыл бұрын

@@ciscomartinez6092 don't be jealous that you aren't so deep.. you show your true colors with your petty attempt at criticism

@J0hnC0ltrane 11 жыл бұрын

Ty for posting Beowolf.

@tymaximum922 10 ай бұрын

Thank you I couldn’t have read Beowulf without you.

@alexanderSydneyOz 7 ай бұрын

really? it isn't exactly difficult. Heaney's translation is in straight forward English.

@tymaximum922 7 ай бұрын

@@alexanderSydneyOz I just struggle to focus so I like having an audiobook while listening to the book

@ComedyWriting2014 10 жыл бұрын

beautiful, exquisite, sublime thank you, poets!

@redcrow6739 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite story ever ❤️I could listen one thousand times ❤️

@kettlebellheaven6756 11 жыл бұрын

Yes, recognized the Skyrim graphic right away. Lol Great story though. During the Battle of Hastings 1066, one of the officers was found to have a copy of the story on him.

@Will-qg6dy 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been reading this magnificent translation for 20 years and never knew this existed. This is utterly glorious.

@U-K-R 5 жыл бұрын

The lines 352-355 357-359 373-375 388-390 419-420 422-435 459-476 480-488 499-606 616-621 874-916 956-1018 1070-1077 1108-1113 1142-1144 1147-1150 1161-1167 1179-1187 1197-1215 1267-1276 1282-1287 1341-1344 1462-1472 are omitted from this reading Also, for some reason words are either replaced, removed, or added throughout the text This part of the reading ends at 1491 lines

@tonibauer8051 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much!!!! I was going to do the same thing. very helpful and much appreciated

@drseuss5407 2 жыл бұрын

A warriors speech is praise and honor This was read by a king Some tales were pounded out in mead halls Some spoken gently

@slahserTV 9 жыл бұрын

Missing lines start at 352-355, and then occurs often, fx again at 357-359. Pretty silly they excluded so many lines, which are often not neglible, like 387-388: "Say, moreover, when you speak to them, they are welcome to Denmark".

@Panic_Pickle 6 жыл бұрын

Seamus' full translation doesn't omit these lines.

@PortmanRd Жыл бұрын

Awesome reading. 👍

@awesomedeedee 5 жыл бұрын

The Fight with Grendel 28:37 (Bookmark purposes)

@pete8299 3 жыл бұрын

This may be one of the greatest works of literature.

@alexanderSydneyOz 9 ай бұрын

It's interesting culturally, but let's not too carried away here. Ranking it among "the greats", however defined, seems unwarranted.

@sdshues515 2 жыл бұрын

Thank God for this!!!!

@marilynliota9732 3 жыл бұрын

A wonderful listening experience.

@Mrdavid839 11 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Seamus Heaney

@johnathanb2114 4 жыл бұрын

Yea.. indeed true gift and my gratitude is abounding , like grendel's lose arm once ripped from its torso. Ha ha True gift God bless his famliy with bounty and joy and courage too in Jesus holy name.

@ArisLaws 10 ай бұрын

Finally one that starts in the actual poem.

@kinggork 11 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!!

@bethj7106 2 жыл бұрын

So helpful for my British Lit class!

@glishev 5 жыл бұрын

Even for a non-scholarly listener, it's a pleasure ☺

@cwarren165 4 жыл бұрын

@katzepeach14 3 жыл бұрын

Breezehome!

@tammymurphy8660 11 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace! Seamus Heaney certainly earned honor.

@srirachasteve3511 3 жыл бұрын

(reading along with 8th edition Norton Anthology) - The Fight with Grendel-page 44- 28:39 Celebration at Heorot-page 48- 38:32 (873-915 is skipped?) continued-page 49 line 916- 40:37 (next skip goes to line 1019- 42:55) Another Attack-pg 58- 54:04 Beowulf Fights Grendel's Mother-pg 61- 1:00:54

@tonibauer8051 2 жыл бұрын

yep, me too and am marking all of the skipping to go back and reread on my own later. I know a lot of people are already mentioning many places but I think I may add a new comment with them all listed when I am done with part 1 and do the same for part 2.

@juneblake3651 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

@scryfish6775 9 жыл бұрын

THERE ARE SO MANY LINES MISSING!!! O.o

@AWildBard 11 жыл бұрын

That's my house! Breezehome

@MaKoch10 11 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!! AWESOME!

@katiemcgrath959 2 жыл бұрын

just to preface: this isn't a complete version. there are many stanzas that are skipped over (idk what for) so i would recommend doing a visual read so you can pause and go through the parts that are skipped on your own

@alexanderSydneyOz 9 ай бұрын

good info, and surprising. I wonder why any of it was left out.

@tai-yomaruno3680 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@taylorswanson985 5 жыл бұрын

I love his voice and how he reads it but it’s getting absolutely annoying having to stop after he skips and moves on to other lines to go back and read the lines to catch up where he is and then find where he skipped to again. And they are the most important parts of the book... Wish this was the full version

@wasimraja7913 11 жыл бұрын

thanx 4 sharing this

@sspirits8 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@MikeTaylorLives 11 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace, Seamus.

@stephaniedicamillo6401 4 жыл бұрын

BEWARE! If you are following along with the Seamus Heaney text, you will find some lines missing and others with slightly different wording!

@shadow_games5162 3 жыл бұрын

does anyone know what music is used for the intro its a nice tune to listen in the background

@rickgurung330 6 жыл бұрын

I love Beowulf.

@BelfastYid 8 жыл бұрын

Loved this

@loonatic7 10 жыл бұрын

I believe that is exactly what it is.

@makefast 10 жыл бұрын

I think this was put together for Radio 4 cut into ten slots of 15 minutes each, so they might have just had to edit that bit out

@vive335 3 жыл бұрын

so this dude called beowilf was born, and then this other demon was called grandel that terrified and killed people. So beowolf took an army of men, went across the ocean. then the king approves of them fighting and allows beowolf and his gang to join in for a feast. Another drunk dude was like "Beowolf you wont even last one night fighting grandel." The dude was called Breca, who was Beowolfs friend that competed against him in a swimming match. Then Beowolf roasts this other dude who questioned his boastknf and he was like "how come you couldn't defeat grandel like you allegedly could? " then at night, only beowolf stayed awake and was on the look out for grendel, wanting a bare fist fight because Beowolf is amazing.

@krissypoo5632 Жыл бұрын

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO the fact that this was the realest comment

@Len11999 6 жыл бұрын

47:00 Bookmark, between lines 1080-1090. 54:04 just after line 1250.

@snapperxv 11 жыл бұрын

thank you

@ydur31password97 6 жыл бұрын

I laughed my ass off when the picture of breeze home from Skyrim appeared.

@avaronchetti4223 3 жыл бұрын

8th Grade English got me here. Thanks, Mrs. R...

@amyisaway7800 4 жыл бұрын

pro-tip: 1.5x speed

@maximasforrester8689 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what an awesome story

@brookemoores7676 5 жыл бұрын

Love the Skyrim background

@laurynclevenger8521 3 жыл бұрын

Y’all in college reading this?!?!?!?! I’m a junior 😳 we had to read this in one week and wrote 3 different papers on it

@kylehensen9544 3 жыл бұрын

Factssss

@Rudra-fu1kr 3 жыл бұрын

for real?

@vive335 3 жыл бұрын

im a sophemore, quick question; how long were your papers? Like how many pages did you have to write

@avery_5914 3 жыл бұрын

Same We out here reading it in 3 classes

@jjdboss0079 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a freshman

@CarmlApples 11 жыл бұрын

Yes! Onto part 2!

@Bagel_Bruh 4 жыл бұрын

This story is crazy! My favorite part is when Beowulf defeated the dragon attacking the guard tower and he found out he was the dragonborn.

@karebushmarebu233 2 жыл бұрын

Booooooo

@johnk.lindgren5940 11 жыл бұрын

Kiitos

@stoneoffarel 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! 😍

@gracegardner8203 2 жыл бұрын

The picture looks like early dark souls or skyrim lmao, seriously though thank you

@deandickens2203 4 жыл бұрын

Wish he would do an unabridged version :(

@kayleegriggs8842 6 жыл бұрын

so i need to read this for school but i'm more of an auditory learner but i had some trouble understanding this can someone explain please

@MelyssaHawes 3 жыл бұрын

THE SKYRIM BACKGROUNDS

@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts 2 ай бұрын

Are crap! Nothing to do with Anglo Saxon building.

@nanabees7587 3 жыл бұрын

17:25 for those doing online English on edgenuity!!!!!!!

@SolarisFallen 8 жыл бұрын

Beowulf in the land of known as Sky-rim ♫♪

@Fawn1023 11 жыл бұрын

RIP Seamus!

@user-fu3wi1gu8u Жыл бұрын

I have to read this for my class and i am in 7th grade

@EpicAdrian3D 8 жыл бұрын

line 1251 (Another Attack) 54:04

@luis_in_focus 10 жыл бұрын

SKYRIM! lol. Love it.

@frothymcmead 11 жыл бұрын

fair thee well noble poet, you will be missed. I raise up a bullhorn of mead in your name.

@theamericanyoutuber 3 жыл бұрын

Well, hello Breezehome.

@mialiu836 2 жыл бұрын

I like his voice

@lavvender 7 жыл бұрын

25:12 line 490