Sunnyside
-- after Yun Dongju
A vernal gale laden with yellow dust
passes by like a Manchurian waterwheel
The April sun's mottled hand
touches the sad hearts of the ones whose backs are against the wall
Two children who know not whose land this is play the map-tearing game
They regret only the shortness of their fingers
Don't! It makes me fear
that this fragile peace will break.
[In the map-tearing game, players in a marked circle try to hit each other's baduk stones with their own. Each time they succeed they advance one hand's length into the opponent's area.]
-- after Yun Dongju
A vernal gale laden with yellow dust
passes by like a Manchurian waterwheel
The April sun's mottled hand
touches the sad hearts of the ones whose backs are against the wall
Two children who know not whose land this is play the map-tearing game
They regret only the shortness of their fingers
Don't! It makes me fear
that this fragile peace will break.
[In the map-tearing game, players in a marked circle try to hit each other's baduk stones with their own. Each time they succeed they advance one hand's length into the opponent's area.]
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