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Thursday, 21 April 2022

Outside Town - Yu Pangsŏn

I live close to town;
I do as I please: joy illimited!
Soft breezes slip through the silent bamboo grove;
fine rain douses flower fragrance.
I seek out a fishing boat and buy some fish.
Spring day: I head for the wine house to get my wine
Few look for me through the day;
blue mountains fill the bead curtain.

Yu Pangsŏn (1388 - 1443) Korea
Translated by Kevin O'Rouke
Source:  Korean poetry - Chosŏn dynasty, Kevin O'Rouke, Stallion Press, 2014

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