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[이기찬]

- In September I will return
(Subtitle: Regret)
Following the butterfly’s thin flutter of its wings
Blooming sparsely
On the path of yellow dandelion flowers
In Search of Lost Thoughts
Before I knew it, I had walked a long way.

With no way to turn back
By the stream beside the endlessly long road
Coming all this way like me
Maybe it’s because I’m worn out from the blazing midsummer sun
Just staring at the flowing river
One by one, the petals have fallen away
I look at the thornbush tree with only its thorns remaining.
What could he have lost?

immersing the tail in running water
Watching the flight of the dragonfly
If I go any farther, will I forget the way back
Passing that road where dust scatters
A beckoning hand to come back
Along that path where cosmos flowers bloom
Now I will return.