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Dirge

there goes a lonely man on a one horse carriage

the horse though pulls the carriage he is always hungry 
because he has nothing to eat but to feed on fallen leaves 
and to quench his thirst with dewdrops 

the horse though goes before the carriage he grew to the height 
may be high enough to pull the carriage with great struggle:

the carriage not even a blossom of a flower of remembrance on it
goes yonder the crystal blue sky see through the fluttering black flag 
in the wind  

the carriage not even a sigh of lamentation follows
goes beyond the sky so deep that smarts the eyes
and stretches to the incomprehensible infinity

although the man resigned himself and laid his corpse 
on the bed of the carriage in the coffin, he had crossed 
many rivers of trials
 
although the man resigned himself and laid his corpse 
on the bed of the carriage in the coffin, he had crossed 
many mountains of hardship

although the man resigned himself and laid his corpse
on the bed of the carriage in the coffin, he still is the lonely man 
because no one will welcome him even if he comes quickly,
he still is the poor man because no one will stop him 
even if he turns his back

for the wind rises the flag flutters, and when the flag flutters, 
the man, while clinging on to the fluttering flag deplores his troubled life 
as a deep sigh

for the rain fall the man tears and sobs
as wet as fluttering flag

can the life full of unfulfilled desires 
be called a life as well?

the cry of the man who lived a bitter life is the empty echo 
that had fallen on the ground; the call of the man who was 
abused by others is the lost effort that no one ever tried to hear

there
the lonely man goes on the carriage pulled by the horse,
the horse with a full shadow of sadness in his eyes

the lonely man laid on the carriage goes with the horse, 
the horse barely survived only by the fallen leaves and dewdrops

The lonely man,
the feeble horse,
and the fluttering black flag…

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