AS THE SPRING WIND BLOWS
by Moon Taejun
Translated by Sophie Bowman
As the spring wind blows
ripples smile
and as the spring wind blows
from a cave a snake emerges
and as the spring wind blows
the base-stone is loosened
and as the spring wind blows
incurred debts are repaid
new debts made
and as the spring wind blows
ghosts loiter
and as the spring wind blows
starlight moving away
from the world’s two green eyes.