I Ask You

Ahn Do-hyun (1961-present)

Don’t kick ashes from briquettes.
Have you
Ever been fiery for somebody else
Once in your life?

1994
(Translated by Jido Ahn. September 2016)

Learn more about the poet: Ahn Do-hyeon (1961-)

너에게 묻는다

안도현 (1961-)

연탄재 함부로 발로 차지 마라
너는
누구에게 한번이라도 뜨거운 사람이었느냐

photo source: Woman Chosun

Other poems by Ahn Do-hyun:
A Piece of Briquette – Ahn Do-hyun
Had We Been Snowflakes – Ahn Do-hyun
I Ask You – Ahn Do-hyun
A Piece of Briquette – Ahn Do-hyun