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McCann_00FM 12/22/03 7:22 AM Page i THE COLUMBIA ANTHOLOGY OF M O D E R N K O R E A N P O E T R Y McCann_00FM 12/22/03 7:22 AM Page ii McCann_00FM 12/22/03 7:22 AM Page iii THE COLUMBIA ANTHOLOGY OF M O D E R N K O R E A N P O E T R Y David R. McCann Edited by COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK McCann_00FM 12/22/03 7:22 AM Page iv THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE RICHARD W. WEATHERHEAD PUBLICATION FUND OF THE EAST ASIAN INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE KOREA LITERATURE TRANSLATION INSTITUTE AND THE SUNSHIK MIN FUND, CENTER FOR KOREAN STUDIES, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © 2004 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Columbia anthology of modern Korean poetry / David R. McCann, editor. p. cm. ISBN 0–231–11128–2 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 0–231–11129–0 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Korean poetry—20th century—Translations into English. I. McCann, David R. (David Richard), 1944– PL984.E3C647 2004 895.7(cid:2)1408—dc22 2003055650 A Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Designed by Chang Jae Lee Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 McCann_00FM 12/22/03 7:22 AM Page v CONTENTS Acknowledgments xv Editor’s Note xvii List of Translators xix introduction 1 PART ONE 11 chu yohan (1900–1980) 13 Fireworks Life,Death The Sound of Rain To Catch the Moon ˘ kim sowol (1902–1934) 18 Azaleas A Day Long After The Golden Meadow Mountain Flowers The Road Away Cigarette The Cuckoo The Road Forsaken yi sanghwa (1901–1943) 24 Will Spring Return to Stolen Fields? han yong’un (1879–1944) 27 (Preface) Your Silence I Cannot Know McCann_00FM 12/22/03 7:22 AM Page vi VI CONTENTS Artist Ferryboat and the Traveler Your Touch The Master’s Sermon Love’s Reasons Inverse Proportion Upon Reading Tagore’s “The Gardener” The Embroidery’s Secret Come to Me To the Readers yi yuksa (1904–1944) 37 Twilight Thatched House A Small Park The Summit Blue Grapes im hwa (1908–1953) 41 My Brother and the Brazier The Pier of Yokohama Under the Umbrella Again at the Crossroads cho˘ng chiyong (1902–?) 51 Homesickness Windowpane 1 Spring Snow Paengnokdam: White Deer Lake Star Sea 6 Home Rain kim yo˘ ngnang (1903–1950) 60 Someone Who Knows My Heart Until Peonies Bloom Intoxicating Moonlight At the Sight of Water An Endless River Flows Selections from “Quatrains” McCann_00FM 12/22/03 7:22 AM Page vii CONTENTS VII yi sang (1910–1937) 64 From Crow’s-Eye View Poem No.I Poem No.II Poem No.III Poem No.VII Poem No.IX Poem No.X Butterfly Poem No.XIII Poem No.XV Flowering Tree Paper Memorial Stone Precipice I Wed a Toy Bride Mirror Two People...1... Two People...2... Face Motion Performance Angel Publications Law Noon—A Certain no ch’o˘ nmyo˘ ng (1912–1957) 79 Road Spring of the Steel Bar Window A Lemon for Me Nostalgia Deer Performer,Male Nameless Woman paek so˘ k (1912–?) 84 Samch’pnp’o Mountain Rain Sound of the Mountain Bird Natasha,the White Donkey,and I On the White Wall McCann_00FM 1/12/04 12:55 PM Page viii VIII CONTENTS yun tongju (1918–1945) 88 Self-portrait Foreword His Last Words Hospital The Cross Yet Another Home One Night I Count Stars A Poem That Came Easily so˘ cho˘ ngju (1915–2000) 96 Self-portrait Leper Midday Blue Days Beside a Chrysanthemum Winter Sky Like a Wind from Lotus Blossoms In the Old Capital Autumn,1949: At the “Flower”Tea Room Wanderer’s Bouquet Such a Land The Great Wave Grandmother’s Verandah New Year’s Prayer: 1976 At a Wine House near Taegu Kilimanjaro Sunrise The Floor in Goethe’s House Cuckoo and Skylark pak mogwo˘ l (1916–1978) 110 Blue Deer Family The Nature of Gravel 10.Today 14.Eternity of Pure Color April The Wayfarer A Bare Wind Hanbok McCann_00FM 12/22/03 7:22 AM Page ix CONTENTS IX cho chihun (1920–1968) 117 Spring Day The Nun’s Dance Falling Petals Apparition As I Play the Flute Waiting Ancient Temple At Toriwpn pak tujin (1916–1998) 124 Song in a Graveyard Sun Book of Poems Tobong Mountain Inscription Etched by Water PART TWO 129 kim suyo˘ ng (1921–1968) 131 Emerging from the Old Palace One Day A Beauty Sex The Journal Encounter Vinegar of Cruelty A Lonely Journey Ha...No Shadows Snow Grass pak inhwan (1926–1956) 141 The Rocking Horse and the Lady A Sleepless Night Towards a New Resolve When Seasons Pass Fortnight kim ch’unsu (1922–) 148 Flower Prelude to a Poem Snow Over Chagall’s Village McCann_00FM 12/22/03 7:22 AM Page x X CONTENTS Lilac Petals Masks Riding a Mule ku sang (1919–) 152 Shame Wings Spring Chrysanthemums hong yunsuk (1925–) 156 Discourse on an Ornament That I Can Do This Autumn My Sea Has One Island kim namjo (1927–) 160 Moonlit Night For Baby Evening Primrose Love’s Cursive (Selections) pak chaesam (1933–1997) 168 Looking at Winter Trees The Road Back Sound of the Taffy-Seller’s Shears Immortals’ PadukGame Spring’s Path Night at Tonghak Temple Nothing Autumn River in Burning Tears Untitled shin kyo˘ ngnim (1936–) 174 The Baby Legend They Farmer’s Dance Country Bus Station Market’s Closing That Day On a Winter’s Night The Road Graveside Memorial
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