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oakfarmCome as a Small Peace
Do come!
A world where the family eat together,
That alone is
The beginning of the peace that we will have to preserve for long.
A world where fathers die before sones,
That alone is
The end of the peace that we will have to perpetuate.
How cruel is history, the future!
Human history,
When will it have even once a world without wae?
World history,
When will it have even once an age without war?
Even between a village and another village,
And much more between one country and another,
How pathetic,
A defensive fight alone is a holy war.
Swards, slash at water!
Muzzles, shed tears!
Welcoming and talking with travellers
by lamplight till late at night,
That alone is
The tomorrow of the small peace we will have to greet.
May Ukraine, now a Hell,
Turned into ruins
By white phosphorus shells and bombs
Return to being a Ukraine of flowers!
May, eventually, small moments of peace become one vast peace!
Ko Un, translated from Korean by Brotder Anthony & Sang-Wha Lee