The Story of My Life (or Lack Thereof): The Seoul Train part VI

Thursday, December 18, 2008

The Seoul Train part VI - Seoul Long, Farewell!

My gas, atat na atat nako umuwi. Kagabi pa lang, nag-empake nako.

In less than 48 hours, I will be leaving Seoul. I had fun while I was here and I will miss a lot of things.

When I come back, I definitely know what I want more of:

Street food
The subway
Chilsung Cider
Seasonal fruits (persimmons, kiwi and strawberries)
Soju
kalbitang
ice cream
Lotte Crunky chocolate bar
Technomart
Shopping, shopping, shopping!

Goodbye Seoul! See you when I see you...

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If You Forget Me - Pablo Neruda

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
If I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,

my love feeds on your love, beloved,

and as long as you live it will be in your arms

without leaving mine.