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"Heartache" by Kim Nam Jo
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- Provider
- LTI Korea
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- Issued Date
- VOL.27 SPRING 2015
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- Running Time
- 1:37
Heartache
“I am sick,” my heart said, but
Silence had not yet matured, so that voice was faint.
Later,
When my heart said,
“I am sick, gravely sick.”
Because silence had matured
I knew what it had said.
My heart said,
“I have melted
From the pierced pains of the arrow
That each became their own scales and tones
As if notes in a symphony
From a melody of a solemn song
But the concert is an abyss
That can only be heard in silence.”
My heart also said,
“Longings, regrets, destitution, pain
The everyday life of man
These break down into water
And until it becomes distilled,
In pain, sufferings are
Devoted
As a gift upon the altar of life
And life is truly
Of this value.”
-translated by Sunny Jung
