The Rock
No choice but to face the shore, lying prostrate
The waves’ white whip
Without a word cracks at the beaten back
Of the old rock
English
바위
육지로 향하야 업드려저서
물결의 흰 채찍에
말없이 등을 얻어맞은
늙은 바위.
Korean
The Boulder
Wedged belly deep in the seeping sand
Forever prostrate, facing shore
The waves’ white whip
Without a word cracks at the beaten back
Of the age old boulder
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