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“Borrowing an Elder Brother’s Poem for Looking Back from a High Plateau’s Pavilion”, by Nansŏrhŏn (translated by Ian Haight)

“Borrowing an Elder Brother’s Poem for Looking Back from a High Plateau’s Pavilion”, by Nansŏrhŏn (translated by Ian Haight)

I turn back:
a horse from the borders
whinnies in wind
hungry for war.

ian haight, poetry, translationSybil JournalSeptember 15, 2025