Mirrored Minds: A Thousand Years of Korean Verse​ by 9788993360486 - HTML preview

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The Sin of a Smile




He asked for a short cut;

I told him the way.


He asked for a mouthful of water;

I drew him spring water from the well.


He thanked me:

I smiled.


Should the sun fail to rise over P’yongyang Fortress 

surely the fault is not mine;

my only sin was a smile.