Back in Heaven

Johann Fournier

Back to Heaven

I will go now, and go back to Heaven;
The morning dew and I -
The morning dew that dies as touched
With dawning sunlight's gleams -
We will go there hand in hand.

I will go now, and go back to Heaven,
Twilight and I -
Playing on the shore -
Signaled by Cloud, When the Cloud gives us a wave,
We will leave, and go there together.

I will go now, and go back to Heaven,
Drawing to a close my sojourn here,
This beautiful world;
And back in Heaven will I say,
"It was beautiful, my sojourn there. . ."

Ch'on Sang-Pyung
Translated by Gene

(One will see that my translation of this Korean poem is quite different from Brother Anthony's. I wouldn't venture to say that my translation is better than his. It's just that my sensibility urges me so and translate it the way it is above.)