Poets From South Korea

"해야 솟아라, 해야 솟아라, 말갛게 씻은 얼굴 고운 해야 솟아라. 산 너머 산 너머서 어둠을 살라 먹고, 산 너머서 밤새도록 어둠을 살라 먹고, 이글이글 애띤 얼굴 고운 해야 솟아라. 달밤이 싫여, 달밤이 싫여, 눈물 같은 골짜기에 달밤이 싫여, 아무도 없는 뜰에 달밤이 나는 싫여……."

"That flower seen as I went down —as I was coming up I couldn't see it"

"Ko Un hugged all the germs of Korean society with his entire body, and contracted its diseases. He threw his body into the wilderness of Korea's past and dreamed of a new Korea, another future."