World Poetry Day

21 March is Unesco's World Poetry Day. At this site, Unesco says:

Poetry contributes to creative diversity, by questioning anew our use of words and things, our modes of perception and understanding of the world. Through its associations, its metaphors and its own grammar, poetic language is thus conceivably another facet of the dialogue among cultures. Diversity in dialogue, free flow of ideas by word, creativity and innovation. World Poetry Day is an invitation to reflect on the power of language and the full development of each person’s creative abilities.

In order to celebrate the occasion, I am posting a German poem in English translation.

Here is the English version I made of Rose Ausländer's poem "Gemeinsam". If you know of other translations (either by professional translators or by amateurs such as myself), please post them in the comments (biographical note on the author, Rose Ausländer).

Together

Never forget

Friends

we travel together

we climb hills

pick raspberries

let ourselves be borne

by the four winds

Never forget

it is our own

shared world

the undivided one

oh, the divided one

which lets us blossom

which breaks us apart

this torn

undivided earth

on which we

travel together