BROKEN DREAMS
--after Yun Dongju
The dreams opened their eyes
and peered through the deep fog.
The once-singing skylark
has flown away,
this is not the golden lawn
where we sang our spring song.
The tower has collapsed,
the red monument of the spirit --
the fingernail-inscribed marble tower --
gone now after a single evening's gale,
oh oh field of destruction,
tears and choking!
The dreams are broken
The tower is fallen.
--after Yun Dongju
The dreams opened their eyes
and peered through the deep fog.
The once-singing skylark
has flown away,
this is not the golden lawn
where we sang our spring song.
The tower has collapsed,
the red monument of the spirit --
the fingernail-inscribed marble tower --
gone now after a single evening's gale,
oh oh field of destruction,
tears and choking!
The dreams are broken
The tower is fallen.
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