Hwang Tonggyu, A Happy Letter

1.

My thoughts of you always involve something trivial: something like the sun setting somewhere behind where you sit and the wind blowing; but by that triviality, long transmitted, some day when you wander in infinite misery, I will summon you.

2.

The reason why I really truly love you is because I transformed my love into waiting, infinitely prolonged. As night fell, it began to snow heavily in our valley. I am convinced that my love too is certain to end at some point. But that is merely a matter of thinking about the posture of my waiting. I am convinced that in the meantime the snow will stop, flowers will bloom, autumn leaves will fall, snow will again fall heavily.

Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé and by Kevin O'Rourke