Suara Burung Bulbul, Sebuah Puisi Karya Raja Danjong dari Dinasti Joseon

하늘은 귀머거리라 아직 슬픈 하소연 듣지 못하는가    

어찌 수심에 찬 사람의 귀는 홀로 총총할까

 

Hearing a Nightingale

 

Since I left the imperial palace like a resentful bird,

I have dragged my lonely shadow among blue mountains.

I beg for sleep night after night, but sleep won't come;

year after year passes in grief, but the grief doesn't end.

Singing stopped, the moon is pale over the peaks at dawn;

blood streamed, fallen petals are red in the spring valleys.