English — US$ 0.49 

“Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor 

in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, 

rather find strength in what remains behind; In the 

primal sympathy. Which having been must ever be...”

— William Wordsworth

Spanish — US$ 1.15 

I Have a White Rose to Tend (Verse XXXIX)

I have a white rose to tend in July as in January; 

I give it to the true friend who offers his frank 

hand to me. And for the cruel one whose 

blows break the heart by which I live, thistle nor 

thorn do I give: For him, too, I have a white rose.

— José Martí

Chinese — CHF 1.00 

Thoughts in the Silent Night 

Translated by Yang Xianyi & Dai Naidie

Beside my bed a pool of light - Is it hoarfrost 

on the ground? I lift my eyes and see the 

moon, I bend my head and think of home.

— Li Bai

French — CHF 1.40

Deep down, I am not different from you.

“When your beauty struck me, it dissolved me. Deep 

down, I am not different from you. I dreamed 

you, I wished for your existence. I see in you that 

part of me which is you. I surrender my sincerity 

because if I love you it means we share the 

same fantasies, we share the same madness.”

— Anaïs Nin

Arabic — € 0.80

You are not just a drop in the ocean 

You are the mighty ocean in the drop.

— Rumi 

Russian — € 0.68

Spring

It was at the dawn of spring, in the shadow 

of the birch-trees, that you dropped 

your gaze before me with a smile…

— Count Alekséy Tolstoy

1999年开始，每年的3月21日成为联合国教科文组织选定的“世界诗歌日”——无论民族、无论肤色、无论年龄，凡是热爱诗歌、创作诗歌的人们，都将每年的这一天，视为全世界诗人自己的节日。

联合国教科文组织确立“世界诗歌日”，目的是希望为世界各地人们举办的各项诗歌活动提供一个契机，进而能够带动人们开展不同层次的诗歌运动。同时，“世界诗歌日”的出现，也有利于小出版社进入图书市场以及年轻诗人作品的出版；有利于人们回归吟唱传统；有利于诗歌通过“和平、非暴力、容忍”这样的主题活动，与戏剧、舞蹈、音乐以及绘画等艺术形式开展对话、拉近距离；有利于诗歌摘掉“过时”的帽子，让全社会重新感知和认识诗歌的价值。

根据联合国教科文组织的决定，这一活动的主要目的是支持通过诗歌表达语言的多样性，并让濒危语言有机会在其社区内得以听到。此外，这一天也是为了支持诗歌回到诗朗诵的传统，促进诗歌教学，恢复诗歌与戏剧，舞蹈，音乐，绘画等艺术之间的对话，支持小型出版商和在媒体上创造富有魅力的诗歌形象，使诗歌艺术不再被视为是一种过时艺术，而是一种当今的艺术形式。

教科文组织鼓励会员国，与地方和国家级的全国委员会，非政府组织以及公共和私营机构（学校，市政府，诗社，博物馆，文化协会，出版社，地方当局等）积极参与庆祝世界诗歌日的活动。