Han Yong-un et al / 한용운 / 2005 / -

Manhae (1879-1944), or Han Yongun, was a Korean Buddhist (Son) monk during the era of Japanese colonial occupation (1910-1945). Manhae is a political and cultural hero in Korea, and his works are studied by college students and school children alike. Everything Yearned For is a collection of 88 love poems, evocative of the mystical love poetry of Rumi, and even reminiscent of the work of Pablo Neruda.Though Manahe's poetry can be read allegorically on many levels - political and religious - it is completely unlike any other poetry in Buddhist or secular realm. The first poem, "My Lover's Silence," narrates the lover's departure and establishes the enduring themes of the work: the happiness of meeting, the sadness of separation, the agony of longing and waiting, and, most of all, the perfection of love in absence that demands the cost of one's ongoing life, as opposed to the relief of death. The Korean word translated in these poems as "love" and "lover" is nim, though nim has many and broad interpretations. Understandably, the identity of Manhae's lover, or "nim" has been the subject of much speculation. Manhae writes in his own preface: "Nim" is not only a human lover but everything yearned for. All beings are nim for the Buddha, and philosophy is the nim of Kant. The spring rain is nim for the rose, and Italy is the nim of Mazzini. Nim is what I love, but it also loves me. If romantic love is freedom, then so is my nim. But aren't you attached to the lofty name of freedom? Don't you also have a nim? If so, it's only your shadow. I write these poems for the young lambs wandering lost on the road home from the darkening plains. source : https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Yearned-Manhaes-Poems-Longing/dp/086171489X

Han Yong-un et al / 한용운 / 2024 / -

La alegría del encuentro, la tristeza de la separación, el dolor de la nostalgia, la perfección del amor. Han Yong-un (1879), también conocido como Manhae, fue un monje budista, poeta y activista social surcoreano. Firme defensor de la autonomía de su pueblo, destacó por su papel en la resistencia contra la ocupación japonesa. Apreciado por estudiantes y admirado por eruditos, Manhae es una figura verdaderamente emblemática en Corea, crucial para entender la corriente budista coreana del siglo XX. Manhae falleció en 1944, un año antes de la Declaración de independencia de Corea. «Maravillosa poesía, que recuerda a Rilke y Tagore. Estos poemas penetran en el corazón como un gong a medianoche». —Andrew Schelling, editor de The Wisdow Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry [Antología Wisdow de poesía budista norteamericana] «Los aparentemente simples poemas extáticos de Manhae hacen uso de su sensibilidad budista y sus considerables habilidades técnicas para producir una serie de poemas de impactante originalidad». —Sam Hamill, autor de Dumb Luck «Los largos versos rítmicos de Manhae parecen avanzar en algunas partes con una cadencia casi bíblica, mientras que en otros se rompen en frases breves, prácticamente conversacionales. Su mezcla de filosofía, mística, religión y sen- sualidad son únicos. Un maravilloso viaje os espera». —Extracto del prólogo de David R. McCann, galardonado con el premio Manhae de las Artes y las Ciencias y Director del Korean Institute en la Universidad de Harvard source : https://www.cieloelectrico.com/product/todo-cuanto-anhelo-poemas-de-manhae-de-amor-y-anoranza/