Monday, March 5, 2012

On a theme developed by Jeong-Mung Ju (1337-1392)

(From his poem on death)

This body dies, a hundred deaths a day, dies,
slumbering in surrender, rising to its demise
to be true to You, Lord, or it lies.


The original poem:

이몸이 죽고 죽어 일백 번 고쳐 죽어

백골이 진토되어 넋이라도 있고 없고

임 향한 일편 단심이야 가실 줄이 있으랴.

Should this body die and die again a hundred times over,

White bones turning to dust, with or without trace of soul,

My steadfast heart toward Lord, could it ever fade away?

(credit: Wikipedia pages)

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