Mirrored Minds: A Thousand Years of Korean Verse by 9788993360486 - HTML preview
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The cuckoo calls (shijo)
The cuckoo calls; the moon is low on the mountain;
I lean against this balustrade thinking of distant friends.
The anguish in your voice suffuses my heart. Were you silent I would not be sad.
To friends from whom I have parted, I say:
do not come here in spring when the cuckoo calls and the moon is bright on the pavilion.