Daily Poem: Deer ~ No Ch’on-myong
Deer
~ No Ch’on-myong
(Translated from Korean by Ko Won)
Because of your long neck
you are a sad animal;
always quiet and gentle.
Your line must have been of high birth,
you have their noble crown.
Looking at your image in the water
brings back long-lost tales
with a nostalgia too sharp to bear.
You look over, stretching your sad neck
toward the far hill.
