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The Poems of Kim Chi Ha

When will I come back blooming with smiles

Without ever having put on the dress that women wear when they reach twenty

I'll go now

Don't cry, I'll go now

No matter how bad life may get

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I'll never forget the snowdrop flowers or the fragrance of Camelia oil in my hair

They'll stay with me in my dreams

I may return at night crying

With only the stars to guide me

I'm going now

Don't cry, I'm going now

Even the sky hangs heavy with sorrow

Over powder-dry hills

Heavy, heavy I go towards Seoul

To sell myself.

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