Korean History and Culture Seminar for American Educators Handbook 2017 NKS Seminar-Handbook-Final with Daniel | Page 77

My horse neighs to leave here now,
but you plead with me to stay;
the sun is dipping behind the hill,
and I have far to go.
Dear One, instead of stopping me,
why not hold back the setting sun
말은 가자울고 님은 잡고 놓지않네
석양은 재를 넘고 갈길은 천리로다.
저님아 가는 날 잡지말고 지는해를 잡아라.
THE SOUND OF MY WEEPING
Half the day from deep in the woods
I listen to the bird’s singing
and for half the morning by the sea,
listen to the sound of the sea’s
music,
And just when will it happen to be
the sound of my weeping that I
hear?
FIRST SIJO: A NIGHT IN ANDONG
One night in Andong
after a tour of back-alley wine shops,
head spinning, I staggered down
the narrow, paddy-field paths,
when the two pigs grunted grunted
“So, you! Home at last?”
하룻밤 안동 시내 골목술집 구경하고
머리가 삥삥돌때 밭둑길을 거닐다가
도야지 꿀꿀 소리야 이제 왔노 하노라
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Rising early each morning,

I let her into the warm barn;
I pour oats, clean her stall,

then fork more hay into the
trough;
When she kicks my hand away,

why do I think of my wife?
From “sijo forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sijoforum /”
WHAT I WANT
Avarice, envy denied,
frustrated, sublimated
What I want I need and deserve;
I need to have what you
possess,
Your calm skill as you swim the lake
to the float where I lie
gasping.
Secret Song
You ask me what I’m humming; I tell you I’m humming about
nothing.
This is untrue because I’m humming about you, all day long.
Who am I to tell you you’re “nothing” when you are my song?

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