Ginkgo Leaf

By Yun Yongbin

Translated by Rodney E. Tyson & Hong Eun-Taek

Presented by the poet at the XXII World Congress of Poets, 2002.


I pick up a fallen leaf
And am at a loss for words

Confronted by your figure
Dyed such a pretty color

I feel
Only shame
For my stained heart.


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