An Elegy for My Sister
By: Wolmyong Sa (a Shilla dynasty monk)
Translated By: Kang Young-ok &
Craig S. Shoemak

I fear this world
is the world of life and death.
Why did you leave without farewells,
Without finishing your story?
Like a leaf blown here and there
by an early autumn wind,
though born of the same branch
I know not where you have gone.
Oh, to see you again in heaven;
With penitence and patience
I will wait.