[Episode 15]
(these ones really got me)
From Ki Min Ki's The Road to Seoul
To the magpie that came every morning and sang before you left.
Once i leave, come back and comfort my parents.
Who will take care of my old parents after I leave?
Why is my trip back to Seoul so long?
I thought it was okay for mothers to do that
by Shim Soon Deok
I thought it was okay for mothers to do that.
Even if she works herself to death on the farm fields.
I thought it was okay for mothers to do that.
Even if she sits on the furnace and eats a cold bowl of rice for lunch.
I thought it was okay for mothers to do that.
Even if she does laundry with her bare hands and cold water on a winter day.
I thought it was okay for mothers to do that.
'I'm full. I'm not hungry.' Even when she starves while feeding her family.
I thought it was okay for mothers to do that.
Even if her heels are so worn out that they make noises in her blanket.
I thought it was okay for mothers to do that.
Even if her fingernails are so worn out that they can't even be clipped.
I thought it was okay for mothers to do that.
Even if father's anger and our rebellion don't phase her.
I thought it was okay for mothers to do that.
'I miss your grandmother. I miss your grandfather.'
I thought those were just complaints.
She woke up in the middle of the night and cried in silence.
When i saw that ...
Ah! It was not okay for mothers to do that.