Strangers
Translated By Carlie Hoffman
Our ship
without flag
belongs to no country
never arrives
water citizens
we travel
day and night
spy land
on the horizon
waveland
our mirage
Sometimes
we dream
a ship sails
in the opposite
direction
awakening
alone
with the
wind
Translated from the German
Notes:
Read the translator’s note by Carlie Hoffman.
Source: Poetry (November 2024)