Kim Sowol 金素月
1925 · Jeongju, Korea
When you leave, sick of the sight of me, I shall let you go gently, without a word.
나보기가 역겨워
가실ᄯᅢ에는
말업시 고히 보내드리우리다"Azaleas" (Jindallaekkot), in the collection Azaleas
More from Kim Sowol · #parting
In the same thread
The singer of "Gasiri"
c. 13th–14th century · Goryeo Korea
Are you going, are you going away? Are you leaving me and going away? How do you expect me to live, that you leave me and go away?
가시리 가시리잇고 나ᄂᆞᆫ
ᄇᆞ리고 가시리잇고 나ᄂᆞᆫ
날러는 엇디 살라 ᄒᆞ고
ᄇᆞ리고 가시리잇고 나ᄂᆞᆫ"Gasiri," in Akjang gasa
W. B. Yeats
1899 · Dublin, Ireland · Sligo
But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
"He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven," in The Wind Among the Reeds
Abraham Lincoln
February 11, 1861 · Illinois, USA · Boarding the train to leave home for his inauguration as president
No one not in my situation can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return …
Farewell address at the Springfield station
1 in 100 Billion · The social network of those who came before us