Sunday 31 October 2010

A poem by the German writer Reiner Kunze

TWO ROWING

Two rowing
one boat.
The one
knows the stars,
the other
knows the storms,
the one will
guide through the stars,
the other will
guide through the storms
and in the end, the very end
the sea in the memory will
be blue

1 comment:

Petros Golitsis said...

http://artgolitsis.blogspot.com/2010/12/reiner-kunze-two-rowing.html

Very good poem, very good poet and congratulations for the translation.

Best regards,
Petros Golitsis