Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling
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- A war poem, read by myself; the narrative of a working-class soldier in the British Empire, coming to terms with his guilt and regret over how he treated the selfless Indian native bhisti (water carrier) who saved his life.
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gives me chills every time
if only today's 'poets' could write a tenth as good !
My Father read Kipling like a preacher reads the bible and could send chills down your back, hearing him read would get scary sometimes. he was intense.
Great performance. Some of the more popular readings are so lackluster. This poem has so much gritty emotion, thanks for getting that through to the listener.
This was a truly beautiful rendition. There is a similar story in Norway, that is around a thousand years old. Norwegians went to Greenland and they were too racist to understand that the people who live there, knows how to live there. Most of them froze to death during a particularly cold winter or met their end starving. When the spring came, their sheep was so weak they had to be carried outside to eat the grass. But a few were so desperate to find food that they wandered off and most of them died, but a few were rescued by the Inuit people that they looked so down upon. And now, after a few thousand years of stupidity, we begin to ask ourselves; could the name Inuit be derived from the most ancient of all names of Norway, the Inuriki? Could it be that the people we looked down upon a thousand years ago, blinded by the stupidity of racism, was actually the people we wrote songs about, who we thought were lost at sea? Were they simply so strong and powerful that they had no need to come home, are these the descendants of mythical King Nor of the Inuriki? We don't know. But anyone who can build a home with bricks of water, is worth listening to, I think.
Excellent performance in the natural accent it was written in. The best recital I have heard. You're a better man than I am......
Best performance I've heard of this poem. I'm always irritated by people reciting this who pronounce Din as Din and not Deen. It takes little intelligence to appreciate that when you pronounce it 'Deen' it becomes a rhyming poem again (by our greatest wordsmith). Top man, top performance I'd like to hear you reciting 'The absent minded beggar.
Thanks so much Leonard, for your kind, informative and observant feedback.
I'll look into 'The Absent-Minded Beggar' and see what I can do with it, I also plan on reciting another war poem by Kipling - 'Tommy'.
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Hi mate what a brilliant rendition it's made buy his book of poems and I hear this voice in all, please do a version of Tommy.
Thanks pal
Recited how it SHOULD BE Recited. Thank you.
"Yer' a limpin' lump o' brick dust Gunga Din."
Brilliant mate. I’m not ashamed to say I shed a tear at the end. THE best recital of this poem I’ve heard.
At 73, I rarely hold back the tears when I hear a Kipling Work. My Dads' favorite poet. Dad was a Polio Survivor so physical activity was difficult for Him, but what He was GOOD AT was words. Miss Hearing Him recite. Another author was Robert W. Service. MISS YOU DAD.
I get tears just reading it and I definitely have 'em now!
Wonderful reading. Excellent pronounciation of the hindi words.
I've been looking for a rendition of this quality for years.
I know little about poetry but sentiment and accent sound to me exactly what Kipling had in mind when writing. Brilliantly recited, well done.
Though I've belted you and flayed you, by the living God that made you, you're a better man than I am Gunga Din
That was exceptional. Well done.
This is one of my favorites, and I’ve never heard of done better!
The best reading I've yet found. Nice accent, and you pronounce it 'Deen' not 'Din', which one would think was obvious from the rhyme scheme
A really marvelous performance of one of England's best poems.
Great recital and I appreciate the correct pronunciation
very touching.I actually cried when i read this poem.
My favorite recording!
Nicely read! Loved the emotion and sincerity at the end
I memorized this in high-school
this blew me away... pathos.
Terrific recitation. The only version that does the emotion of tge poem enough justice.
Thanks for this. As someone who's family and myself have lived and worked in both worlds I'd say you've done yourself proud.
An amazingly vivid, richly modulated narration. The story comes alive here and the restrained emotion is overwhelming at the end. Many thanks for a masterly performance.
I'd give a kidney to hear chuck bukowski read this
I don’t think it would work as well with his accent, Bukowski is a genius, but his accent wouldn’t work with this poem.
good job!
As good a rendition as I've ever heard.
We had to recite so many lines of poetry, it was over a hundred I remember that. I was really shy so I chose gunga din so I wouldn't have to get in front of the class more than once. I went to my grandmother and she taught me how to recite poetry. I performed it well enough to receiving a. What's the funny part was I received the plans from everybody in the class. That wasn't the effect I had wanted, I just wanted to get up there and get it done and go back to my seat without anybody noticing listening to this recitation, I don't remember any part of this poem
Marine Corps leaders know Gunga Din. At least I did.
You must be old school. Today’s woke Corps is not the Corps of my father1950-1971. You would never see two male uniformed Marines on the tarmac of Bagram Air Base swapping spit as I witness in 2014. You do not advance in today’s US military unless you adhere to and promote their woke doctrine and that’s just a sad , dangerous fact.
Damn, this is good.
Wow- this really opened my eyes. A cracking recital.
Excellent job! Acting was top notch.
What a voice. Powerful
from first stanza till last, this is a fighting man's tale.
So beautiful! Thank you ...
Can't do better than the final words.
This is the best recital I've heard. This is how it should be done - truly authentic. Full of real gritty feeling and emotion that brought a lump to my throat. And the only reading that I've heard pronounce correctly "Deen", obviously to rhyme with Queen, been, green, etc.
Very well done. Thank you.
You are very good. I can imagine how great a rendition of 'Fuzzy Wuzzy' performed by you would be!
thank you for this . Heard this name for the first time in a hannah barbara cartoon almost 20 years ago and always wondered who the character was. lovely read !
Very good recitation. Thanks.
Loved it!
YOU may talk o' gin an' beer
When you're quartered safe out 'ere,
An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it;
But if it comes to slaughter
You will do your work on water, 5
An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it.
Now in Injia's sunny clime,
Where I used to spend my time
Gord blimey Guvna!
bravo
Well read. Thank you.
Good.
Excellent.
SUPERB
Love you, mate.
The finest poet!
This is the best. Just the right tone of a typical British Tommy in India. You got it right.
Having served in the Indian Army for about 37 years, I can say that the army has many Ganga Dins, even today. Not as water carriers, no more, but the dedicated quietly loyal folks- the rank and file. Better men than I.
Great performance. The accent and pronunciation are perfect. Remember, it',s pronounced "DEAN not "Din".
Jim Saunders
Man O Man, I can't say I'm a big-fan of those British-Empire uniforms!(I like some of the mustaches though!)
+Nuclear-Skull87 Uniforms?? Spare me.
+Craig McIntosh
That's what I mean, I am not a fan of those uniforms.
@@Deader87 Why?
I am just not overly fond of Khaki I guess because of my associations with 1930s or 1940s Pulp of which I am also not very fond of.
Did anyone else come here from Animaniacs’s Gunga Dot sketch?
Michael Caine??
I like the movie version much better.
Do you like Kipling?......I don't know I've never kippled.
Does anyone read this nowadays? In all the woke anti colonial stuff around, I say you certainly have a point, but you don't do anything as inspiring R. Kipling
Am I gay for liking this?
@@kisham2725 Hell yeah dude.