Haldor Volcano
Memory
Translated from the Russian by Alec Vagapov
I"ll never forget
The mournful break of the day!
The white
Striped sky and expanse.
Your hands
And your body,
Ivory-white.
I"ll never forget
The bank of the river
Where we parted.
I"ll never forget
The sorrow
That drowned
I n the depth of my eyes.
I"ll never go there.
If I do,
The winds will be wailing
In the language of yulguns1
That grew
Far away over ravines.