Two beggars
sharing a meal of the food they’ve been given
The new moon shines intensely
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In a poor family’s yard
the moon’s so bright it could beat out rice-cakes
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Get yourself a friend
come to know a foe
Get yourself a foe
come to know a friend
What kind of game is this?
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A thousand drops
hanging from a dead branch
The rain did not fall for nothing
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Without a sound
resin buried underground is turning into amber
while above the first snow is falling
Translated from the Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé, Young-moo Kim and Gary Gac
