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Narrator continually BOTCHED the text

Revisado: 01-06-19

I'm sorry but this narrator really BOTCHED the text in too many places . The Book Of Mirdad deserves better..

Though he had a mellow, kind voice The narrator misquoted the text a 100 of times . Either he left a word out or added a word or substituted one word for another or put in a long pause that broke the flow of consciousness

Just a few examples of BOTCHING the text : :

TEXT : "A day ESTATIC with beat of the wings of freedom"
Narrator : " A day ELASTIC with the beat of the wings of freedom"

TEXT : How trite is all else in comparison >NARRATOR : all else is trite in comparison

TEXT : Let Understanding DAWN in your heart NARRATOR :"Let Understanding be DRAWN from you heart"

He also broke the natural flow of the narrative by pausing in inappropriate places . For example :

Text : “no voice to bolster up his waning courage and steel his rapidly failing strength,”
Narrator: “ No voice to bolster up (LONG PAUSE) His courage waning – His strength rapidly failing “

TEXT : To his indescribable delight he saw some delicate tufts of grass sprouting here and yon.
NRARRATOR : To his indescribable delight he saw some delicate tufts of grass sprouting( 2 second pause ) here and yon.”

Then there are places where the text was wrong and a good narrator would have corrected it :

For example :
TEXT : then are they made to bite the dust while the sleepwalker at THOSE they shrugged their shoulders
CORRECTED :” then are they made to bite the dust while the sleepwalker at WHOM they shrugged their shoulders "
But the narrator read it : “then are they made to bite the dust while the sleepwalker at THOSE they shrugged their shoulders”(TYPO and all :) 🙄


His metre was off for “NIGHT THE PEERLESS SINGER”

Hopefully they will do another recording with a more accurate narrator or with someone directing this narrator

The book of mirdad Deserves better that have its text botched

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