Friday, April 01, 2005
Classical Korean Poems - 시조 모음
NAMELESSNESS
The sunset so beautiful
beyond expression
was fading out
In the presence of this moment
and the oncoming night
I was thinking of tomorrow
Spring is over.
Yesterday and this very moment today
are blazing -- O the burning sunset about to fade.
Why I have to cut a slice
from the far-away sky and etch my namelessness
without a day's delay
I wish to know,
I wish to know.
-- From "Korean Poetry Today : Selected and
translated with an introduction by Jaihiun J. Kim"
at UCB East Asian Library (PL 959.5 K68 1987 EAST)
==> Ch`on, Sangbyong (1930- )
Born in Ch`ang'won, south Kyongsang province, Ch`on went to Seoul
National University for a short period. His literary career started
with his first poems being published in 'Munye(Literary Arts)' in 1952.
He has three books of poems to his credit: 'Bird' (1971), 'At Tavern' (1972)
and 'Ch`on Sangbyong Is a Born Poet' (1973).
The sunset so beautiful
beyond expression
was fading out
In the presence of this moment
and the oncoming night
I was thinking of tomorrow
Spring is over.
Yesterday and this very moment today
are blazing -- O the burning sunset about to fade.
Why I have to cut a slice
from the far-away sky and etch my namelessness
without a day's delay
I wish to know,
I wish to know.
-- From "Korean Poetry Today : Selected and
translated with an introduction by Jaihiun J. Kim"
at UCB East Asian Library (PL 959.5 K68 1987 EAST)
==> Ch`on, Sangbyong (1930- )
Born in Ch`ang'won, south Kyongsang province, Ch`on went to Seoul
National University for a short period. His literary career started
with his first poems being published in 'Munye(Literary Arts)' in 1952.
He has three books of poems to his credit: 'Bird' (1971), 'At Tavern' (1972)
and 'Ch`on Sangbyong Is a Born Poet' (1973).
# posted by speattle @ 9:24 PM 
