For an Island

For people, islands give birth
to dreams or love.
Then
they bury the dreams and love.

The sea is more than earth.
Death gives birth to the earth
love gives birth to islands.

The sea enclosing islands in a sound of waves,
the sea gives birth to the world.
Then makes the world sink.

Love makes the world dream.
Yet when one is in love
there is nothing we can do.
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Ko Un
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