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

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Tabok

At the Last Waste of Dark

At the last waste of dark,

the North Dipper declining,

I knew I couldn’t earn the vow he’d given

to meet on one of the Ten Blessed Isles.

One jealous evening—what does it matter?

Let him have companions he likes.