Yang Geum-Hee

Poetess Yang Geum-Hee was born in 1967 in Jeju, Korea. She published two collections of poetry book, “Happiness Account”, “Leodo, Island of Legend and Existence”, and one collections of essay “Happy Companion”. She was the first president of the Leodo Literature Association, the editor in chief of the Jejuin News, and worked as a research fellow of the Society of Leodo Research. She served as a researcher at Jeju Sea Grand Center at Jeju National University and a special professor at Jeju International University. Currently, she is an editorial writer of New Jeju Ilbo, a special researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of Jeju National University, vice-president of the Jeju Regional Committee of the Korean PEN center, Executive of the Jeju Institute for the Korean Unification and Executive of the Korean Association of Ethics. She won 4 Literary Awards.

The wind doesn’t ask the way

By Yang, Geum-Hee

No matter how much time goes by,

Wind never getting older

Even though Wind doesn’t have a mouth,

Wind always say something what have to say

Even though Wind doesn’t have eyes,

Never lose her direction

 

When Wind face an angular face,

Wind always blowing somewhere else,

Without scratching or hurting

Wind never stay,

Even though face soft place

 

When can I run on the crooked road on the earth

Without asking for directions

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바람은 길을 묻지 않는다

양금희

 

세월이 가도

늙지 않는

바람의 나이

 

입이 없어도

할 말을 하고

눈이 없어도

방향을 잃지 않는다

 

모난 것에도

긁히지 않고

부드러운 것에도

머물지 않는다

 

나는 언제쯤

길을 묻지 않고

지상의 구부러진 길을

바람처럼 달려갈 수 있을까

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