Songs of the Kisaeng: Courtesan Poetry of the Last Korean Dynasty by Hwang Jini et al. - HTML preview

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Kumhong

Wild Geese Sang

 

Wild geese sang across a thin jade sky;

I opened my window, leaned out to see

—moonlit snow had so filled my garden,

light seemed to reach wherever he might be.

This vision took such deep root

its cold glimmers faded within me.

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