Orpheus Descending

some poem by a korean poet i read in a poetry reading session.

Old Tale

(Kim So Wol)

when the night descends quiet in darkness

when the night descends over the dim lamplight

overcome by the loneliness and the pains

i weep listlessly shedding tears by myself

in the days past i lived life

in my little world without knowing tears

i memorized then without feeling the sorrow

even the old tale of the past

however, after my love has left me

after my love has left me forever

everything i have had before

has just vanished away hither and thither

nonetheless, there is still in my memory

only the old tale i once remembered

the old tale that gets evermore vivid

makes me weep at a trifle cause