Friday, April 01, 2005
Classical Korean Poems - 시조 모음
GOLDEN TURF
Turf, turf, golden turf!
The flames in the deep vale,
The golden turf o're Jane's tomb.
Spring splendour alights
On willow trees and
Slender boughs.
Spring splendour has come
To the golden turf
In the deep vale.
by So-wol Kim
-- From "Best Loved Poems of Korea"
at UCB East Asian Library (PL 984 E3 B4 1984 EAST)
Turf, turf, golden turf!
The flames in the deep vale,
The golden turf o're Jane's tomb.
Spring splendour alights
On willow trees and
Slender boughs.
Spring splendour has come
To the golden turf
In the deep vale.
by So-wol Kim
-- From "Best Loved Poems of Korea"
at UCB East Asian Library (PL 984 E3 B4 1984 EAST)