FŪDO 029 · 1979 · Early Jeju · poem

The Beggar

걸인

Basic information

Identifier	FŪDO 029
Title	The Beggar걸인
Date	1979

Short commentary

The wind calls him a beggar, yet he is one who has passed through wind and cloud, light because he owns and risks little.

Artwork text · poem

Text by Byun Joung Hoon

A field the color of dried grass.
A place the wind has long passed through.
A person stands there.
The robe is long, the feet are bare.
Walking, he stopped.
The wind called him a beggar.
But he is not one who came to beg.
He is one who has passed through wind and cloud.
He has nothing.
He has nothing to lose.
And so he is light.
A man of wind and cloud.
Standing in the empty field, he still gazes somewhere far off.
The eyes of someone who owns nothing
see farthest.