Waned Moon, Darkness – Sean Hul (English)

Waned Moon, Darkness

By Sean Hul

(Seven-Syllable Rhythm)

  1. Looking at the sky in the darkness of the waning moon makes my heart painful and eager to see the brightness, but the sky just ignores my wish.
  2. The waning moon’s darkness blankets everything, causing my heart extreme and constant worry. If I wait until the moon waxes, my heart will break. Why does the waning moon keep causing me such suffering?
  3. The waning moon’s darkness complicates problems for me, making my life sad as the sky swallows up the bright moon, and chilling creatures of all kinds during the night.
  4. The waning moon’s darkness covers up the earth and makes me anxious to see the light; but the sky still doesn’t care and has no mercy on my hopes.
  5. The waning moon’s darkness creates hopelessness and gloom but the sky ignores this, as it is happy with its surrounding stars.
  6. The waning moon’s darkness causes life to be gloomy because the unlucky heart lacks care. Rather, the sky is lucky because it is accompanied by myriad surrounding stars.
  7. In the waning moon’s darkness, there is no point in trying to solve problems, no matter how hard I struggle; even if I shouted until the world broke into pieces, the sky would not pity me for my misery.
  8. Pondering these problems in the waning moon’s darkness, I can dimly understand that the sky only enjoys itself with its many stars; when I call for help from the sky, it helps only those stars.
  9. And the waning moon’s darkness also causes disastrous rains, storms and lightning, chilling my body so my hope and happiness fade away.