Songs of the Kisaeng: Courtesan Poetry of the Last Korean Dynasty by Hwang Jini et al. - HTML preview

Hoeyon

In Fall, When the Moon

In fall, when the moon visits my garden,

each chrysanthemum contends for the light.

But the scented plum tree waits

for memory within a branch to blossom.

From under the deep coming frost

you alone will emerge unchanged.