Korean Poem "Greass"

Korean Poem "Greass"

Su-Yeong Kim

The grass is lying flat.
Fluttering in the east wind 
that brings rain in its train,
the grass lay flat and at last it wept.
As the day grew cloudier, 
it wept even more and lay flat again.

The grass is lying flat.
It lies flat more quickly than the wind.
It weeps more quickly than the wind.
It rises more quickly than the wind.

The day is cloudy, the grass is lying flat.
It lies low as the ankles low as the feet.
Though it lies flat later than the wind, 
it rises more quickly than the wind and 
though it weeps later than the wind, 
it laughs more quickly than the wind.
The day is cloudy, 
the grass's roots are lying flat.