Life and Death
--after Yun Dongju
Again today life has sung its overture to death.
When will its song end?
Everyone in the world --
dances to that bone-melting song of life.
Before the sun sets
no one has time to ponder
the terror that sets in
at the end of the song.
Who is the one who sang this song
like he was carving it in the center of heaven?
And who is the one who ceased singing it
like the end of a sudden shower?
Dead, only bones remain.
Great men winners of death.
--tr. Duane Vorhees
--after Yun Dongju
Again today life has sung its overture to death.
When will its song end?
Everyone in the world --
dances to that bone-melting song of life.
Before the sun sets
no one has time to ponder
the terror that sets in
at the end of the song.
Who is the one who sang this song
like he was carving it in the center of heaven?
And who is the one who ceased singing it
like the end of a sudden shower?
Dead, only bones remain.
Great men winners of death.
--tr. Duane Vorhees
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