Fellow who tries to see "I"!

If I say that I saw another "I" in the eyes that I see with,
Who would believe it?
"I" is not easy to see though being near you all the time.
Fellow who tries to see "I"!
"I" doesn't keep away from you,
but you don't recognize yourself.
Who else would be to blame for it
when it is because you don't see yourself?
Then what is this "I" like that is revealing itself clearly in going
and coming?

The image in the mirror is not "I"
nor is he who is looking at it.
"I" is always revealing itself clearly.
Why don't you break you own mirror?

Written by Master Subul Sunim of Ahnkook Zen Center
Translated by Boo Ahm (Song Soo-kyong)

Monthly Magazine SEOUL(November 2009)