A Cow By Lee Hyang Ji
Translated by Rodney E. Tyson & Hong Eun-Taek
Poem Gate. July 19, 2002.
A cow died while it was tied to a stake
In swelling muddy water she swam straight forward and died
The water drained away and people with their trousers rolled up went to pull out the dead cow
Around the cow there was a deep ditch dug like a moat surrounding an ancient castle
The cow had dug a deep river in the water which she tried to swim across
Only then did the people find a ditch had been dug in their hearts as well
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