Dokdo1
by Choi Yearn-hong
by Choi Yearn-hong
Don’t try to steal the lonely island,
Because it is lonely in the vast blue sea.
It has been owned by the Korean people over 1500 years.
Two-peak or three-peak looking islets were once the islands
For the seals.
So they named the islets Three-Peak Islands and Seal’s Island
Over the years.
Your Tokugawa Government made a wise ruling over the islets
After it inquired about the distance between Ulnung Island
And Oki to Dokdo: They belong to Korea, or Chosun in the 17th century.
Don’t try to hide your own history of decency and justice.
The Meiji Restoration by Satusma and Chosu samurai modernized
Your country, then colonized Korea
Then, two atomic bombs forced your Emperor to surrender and
Brought Liberation to Korea.
But your invitation of Russiaat the ending of the Pacific War
Made Korea
You don’t seem guilty of your 40 years’ colonial rule
In the most critical time of the 20th century.
Be ashamed!
Try to restore East Sea on the water between Japan and Korea
And Dokdo from Liancourt Rocks or Takeshima in all maps
And persuade the world with history:
Tell them the Sea of Japan should be shared with the East Sea
Tell them Dokdo was the legitimate single name.
White waves from the blue sea will cleanse your conscience and a sense of justice:
Without confession of crime, human history cannot make progress.
2
The fishing boats could anchor at Dokdo in the stormy sea.
Some currents moved the fishing boats to Dokdo
Before they reached Ulnungdo from the coastline,
So that the innocent fisherman once placed Dokdo in between the coast and Ulnungdo.
They were not scientific enough in the 17th century.
Dokdo was generous and hospitable to the fishermen from Oki.
But don’t steal Dokdo from Korea
It is the name of renewed hope every dawn with the Sunrise
To all Korean people.
It is the hope and inspiration of 70 million Korean people
And the hope and inspiration of peace on Earth and Sea.
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