Standing on a western shore,
Looking on,
He sees the edge of the world,

All angry,
Trapped in the sand,

Light fading slowly,
Sun falling,
Reflections of memories in the ocean's waves,

A foreigner,
Remembers an impossible past,

In whose heart,
Lives his past,
In a distant light and a long ago time,

A home he will,
Never see again.

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Fires! in my heart,
Begin burning with spring's arrival,
With warm sunshine, I see in your smile,
As the fresh spring breeze carries your warm kisses to me,

Winter's cold, darkness and loneliness,
Chased away by your sweet pink, lips, and your bright smiles,
The sunshine reflects in your bright blue eyes,
Sparkles, like the dew on new spring tulips.  

As bright as the morning spring sky.
Sunshine reflects love from your eyes,
Fiery passion rises from your Soul, as dawn breaks,
A new day reveals promises in your dark silky hair.

Dreaming here next to you,
I paint these words, for you, my sweet spring love,
With a brush dipped in promises, wishes, and desires.
On a canvas sewn together with dreams.


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Never sleeping,

Always praying to the stars in the sky,
Hello princess, how are you, my love?
How are you in Heaven?

Reaching for you in my dreams,
Never able to hold you,
Always waking to tears alone,

How can I find a way to move on?
My expectations are too high.
I can never find another you, my beautiful love.

I miss you.

All I want to hear,
is the soothing sound of your heart beating,
next to me under warm blankets in a loving bed,

And to listen to your voice,
saying, I've fallen in love with you,
please, stay with me forever, my love.

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Spring rainbows,
Floating above a canopy,
Made of white.

A bride dressed in white lace,
A short walk down the aisle,
Under cover of white.

Apricot blossoms,
Falling like snowflakes,
Tears are falling on a silvery, rippled mirror.

Blossoms dancing,
To the rhythm
Of a fresh spring breeze.

Welcoming a new spring,
Filled with love and new life!

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My dearest love,

Upon this dream, I shall write my wishes,
wishes and hopes for you,
and me. And upon my Soul,
I promise you; I will fulfill every desire you ask of me,

Deeds are gifts of love that are more important than saying the words.
But if saying the words is your desire,
I will always tell you I love you, I love you.
How can I help you?

Such intelligence, charm, and beauty as yours,
brightens my life every day,
more than warm sunshine.

Looking upon your pretty face every morning,
is my desire,
and my wish to receive such a beautiful gift,
from you to me each day my love.

How can I resist your beautiful eyes,
and sweet lips?
You cast a spell on me.

I desire to feel your splendid black hair brush against my face,
As it shines in the morning daylight,
It smells like chocolate chip cookies baking,
that makes me hunger for your love every day.

These words alone cannot express how much I love you.
I love you and only you.
After all, you live in the place I travel to in my dreams.
And you are everything I have been looking for since,
tragedy struck my life a long time ago.

You only need to ask me what you desire of me,
and I will grant your wish.
Never be afraid to speak your desires, dreams and hopes to me.

I pray to God each and every day.
I will be able to hold you in my arms, eat drink and sleep with you one day.
That would be my last wish.
It would be Heaven on earth!

You always remain in my thoughts; 
I miss you more than anything on the days we can't talk.

I hope you understand my love.

I live only for you and to please you
and make your dreams come true.

I will always love you.

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I'm looking at you in my dreams,
Are you secretly dreaming of me too?


In this vast world,
I'm still seeking to find you;

To hold you in my arms, my bride,
Walking side by side,
Holding your hand, looking at the stars in the sky,

To love you more each day,
Dreams are not intimate enough,

It seems this mad world,
Wants to keep our hearts apart,

If it should take one hundred lifetimes or ten thousand centuries,

To find you,

I will always look for you, my love.


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Not able to reach you,
My beautiful Sakura,
A broken bridge,
Separates our hearts.

My beautiful pink flower,
Dreaming of sunny Seoul,

As daylight dims,
Unable to cross this bridge.
In the wilderness of life,

Longing and loneliness,
Fills my Soul.

Bright dreams of you,
As midnight passes,
Flying across the span of time,

Your blossoms tickle my Soul,

Touching your blossoms,
While standing in the South,
In a Seoul spring,

Lightens up my eyes,
With yellow sunshine.

Riding my dreams across the bridge,
Touching your Soul,
Hoping one day,
To hold you in my arms, as my wife.

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Kind Spirit don't go.

Fell asleep on cold frosty January evening,
Hoping to dream about beautiful things,

Awoke in a strange place,
Scared at first.
Where am I?

In front of me a misty woodland,
Gazing through blooms of cherry blossoms,

A white blanket on the ground,
A warm breeze pushing me down,
A warm mist begins to hug me,

On this quiet Spring morning,
Rose petals rain down in front of me,

Out of the fog,
A ghostly figure of a woman appears,
Yet, I was not afraid,

She took my hand and said, "Stand my Prince."
She was the kindest spirit.  
Sing and dance with me around this place I live,  My lost love,

What a strange place this is?
A place where sadness seems to live,
A mound of green,

Yet!

She shines so brightly,
A free Spirit filled with joy and happiness,
Laughing like a child,

I wanted to run with her forever,
I wanted to run around the world with her,
I wanted her to hold on tight and never let go of me,

Who is this beautiful woman with a Spirit of a child?

Oh no! Oh no!

She's running too fast,
I tried to grab this free spirit's hand.

Don't go!

I want to hold on to you forever,

But the morning sun rose, another morning alone,
A place where sadness seems to live.

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Mornings are glowing red and gold,
Streaks of white paint tossed on a blue canvas,
Yellow Forsythia glowing,

A girl sitting alone on a bench, at the ocean's edge,

Passion in my heart, flourishing,
Her guitar sound, her soothing voice,

My Soul calmed,
Her dress fluttering in the sea breeze.
A sparkle in her eyes,

Seagulls flying above an Angel singing hymns,
Filling my Soul, with hope,
  
While I whisper,
What is your name,
My pretty daydream?

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Said goodnight to my dreams,
Looking for the sunrise,
A quiet spring morning, waiting for, the birds to sing,

Days getting longer,

Shifting cold winds,
Streams flowing,
Waves rippling across ponds,

Oh Sunshine, Sunshine!
Turn the grass green,
Dandelions hiding in the lawn,

Chipmunks, hopping bunnies, and the hoo hoo of an owl,
Sparkling, flower buds blossoming;
Red, yellow and pink Tulips,

Clean spring rain showers,
Rainbows and orange sunsets,

A picture perfect spring day.


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This Valentine's Day.

I met an Angel this day.
Her heart was so heavy; as heavy as a rock,
That she could no longer fly.

I asked this beautiful creature.
What makes your heart so heavy, as heavy as a rock?
The glowing Angel says, “This day of love is not special for me.”

She began to cry.
I have no one to love me,
It's such a lonely day,
It only brings tears to me.

I say.

Take my love to help you fly, and chase your tears away,
Grab my breath to warm your Soul,
Hold my hand to lift you up, to fly again,
Take my smile to make you laugh.

I met an Angel on Valentine's Day.

This Valentine's Day.
I met an Angel this day.
She no longer had a heavy heart,
So she could now fly away and forget me.







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I have a feeling,
I will touch you soon,

On our first morning,
Spring light filters, though,
Rain of white and pink cherry blossoms,

Whispering in our dreams,
Last night was amazing,

You lying on my chest,
I kiss your lips,
Proving an Angel does exist,

It's true,
God sent an Angel to me to love,

Is this true love, I embrace today?

Quietly I dream,
I will touch you soon,

It's our destiny,
I will never let you go.

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Ever since that June morning,
When our paths crossed,
Everything in my old life changed,

My mornings became happy again,
My days grew bright,
No longer sleeping the days away without dreams,

It was as if I was reborn,
And learning to crawl once again,

Learning to write words of love to you,
I spend my days through the seasons,
Writing love songs for a dream,

Through the seasons,
The cold of winter, words to warm your heart,
The scent of flowers and birds singing in the spring, words to make you smile,
The heat of summer, words to make you feel alive looking at the night sky,
The colorful leaves of autumn, words to help harvest your dreams.

East to west the sun travels,
Knowing you are dreaming under the stars half a world away.
Knowing when you wake up living your dreams,

I fall asleep and dream,
Of you and me together,
Under a moonlit sky dancing in the soft moonlight,
Makes me feel alive.

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All of my dreams, have ended;

No more remembering,

My smile has run away!

Oh Lord,

I chased my smile away,
I hurt myself,
I broke my heart!

For the sake
Of love, in my dreams,
I run after her,

For the sake of love,
I pray for love,
In madness.

My smile has run away!
I no longer remember you in my dreams.

Where have you gone?

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How many times,
Will you return to me,
In my remarkable dreams?

You taking my hand,
Guiding me to a magical land,
To a time of kings and princesses,

Chasing my fears away,
Remembering your tears,
Longing for the taste of your lips,

I can't forget the black nights,
We held each other so tight,
Your glow was bright as a new dawn,

Am I foolish waiting for you each lonely night?
How many more nights will you visit me in dreams?
So I can wipe away the tears.

My dreams are all I have left from you.


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Bright yellow sun, you saw me crying alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a beautiful lover of my own.

I don't think I will love ever again.

Yellow sun, you knew just what I was there for,
You heard me saying a prayer for,
A beautiful lover I really could love forever.

I heard the wind whisper ''Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo."
And then suddenly appearing in front of me,
The only woman my arms could ever hold.
It's you, who I've been searching all my life.

But when I looked closer,
You turned into a Princess dressed in a white gown behind a magic mirror! No!

Oh oh oh...

Why are we half a world apart and separated by half a lifetime?

Bright sun, now I'm no longer alone,
Looking with a sad heart, without a beautiful lover of my own.

To my heart, I must be true.
A sad day will never empty my heart again,

We go together,
Like the gayageum and haegeum, playing Arirang.
Remembered forever through time,

Dreaming of us meeting on a warm April spring day half a world away,

I'm loving, loving, loving you.

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Your view is vanishing from my memories,
Like walking away in a misty rain,
On this day of tears,

How can I let this love go?
Let love, fly away,
Carried by storm clouds,

Your sunshine left,
Burning in my heart,
I can't forget your bright smile,

You were my blue sky,
Why do I continue to,
Look for you every day?

When I look up,
I see nothing but gray,
Black clouds hiding your bright smile,
Your beautiful dark eyes,

To remember you,
Sends me to a rainy place,
A place of misty tears and gray skies,

Praying for you to return to me someday.


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Sunbeams shining through the mist,
Cotton clouds floating through an ocean blue sky,

Dreams turning into fantasies light up my day,

Another day of memories rain down on me,
From love, a half a world away,

Writing unfinished songs, I sing to a beautiful ghost,
Whose Soul is beyond my reach,
Love that can never be,

What words can I write,
To heal a broken heart,
To take away the regrets and heartache?

As night falls on an unfinished day,
Sunbeams vanish,
Songs yet to be written,

Fantasies turn into dreams.

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Love Was Born

You tell me,
Crushes are unhealthy,
Crushes tire us out and break our hearts.

They take away our energy,
Fill our Souls with false hopes and memories,
Lead to regrets and impossible fantasies,

Only give the gift of suffering,

My crush died a long time ago,
Six months after fate, pointed me to my destiny,
That you call a hopeless infatuation,

My beautiful rose stabbed me,
Through my weak heart,
With a very long and sharp thorn.

That day, I felt a sharp pain and thought my life ended.
I did not die or run away,
It was the pain of love, being born.

The day I discovered I fell in love with a dream.

A miracle that made me strong,
The pain that gave birth,
To impossible fantasies.

Dreams of places and times I never lived.

This miracle that gave me the courage to stay,
To write of impossible love, heroes, music, courage,
And fairy tales, I share with the world every day.

There is only one more fantasy,

I pray love grants me,
The health and courage,
To bring into my reality.

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Heartache

Every day looking
at pictures of your
beauty, coming into view,

Memories of
ten thousand,
images, seeing the blessings in you,

Loving a magnificence as you
that I will never touch,
Missing holding you.

You enter my heart
and leave me with heartache,
in dreams every morning.  

My heart aches with sadness every day; missing you,
I want to continue to see you; my Angel in dreams.
My life became beautiful after finding you.

Even, if I can never,
be with you in this world,
and feel this heartache always,

I will endure the sadness forevermore,
Missing you,
My life became beautiful after finding you.

I will always love you, no one even more.

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Another night has come,
Standing here beneath heaven's stars,
Drunk, loving a green bottle of Soju,

Missing you, looking at sister moon,
Losing you my, only love,

That day,
You were taken away from me,
Tears filled my eyes with pain,

Calling out to God,
Why?
Did you take her from me?

I still think of you,
Every day,
Such a long time missing you; spending  days in pain,

I can't think of anyone else but you; My love,

My Angel in Heaven,
I miss you.

It hurts so much,
I have not found anyone else,
To love me like you,

Thinking of ways to,
Turn back time,
To change that day, you were taken from me.

Remembering you every day,
Praying to God to hold your Soul in Heaven one day.

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Dreams of an impossible past,
Dreams of a hungry child living in a magical place;

Dreaming as a child of fairy tales, fables and legends;
Dreaming of white tigers, dragon kings, fox girls, and foolish brides;

As a child, I never understood their meanings,
Yet listening to mother speak,
Filled me up with wondrous things,

Now, In the last four years,
These dreams of impossible things
have captured me again,

In my twilight years
with trembling hands,
I try to capture these dreams of an
impossible time,
From my fading memories
of impossible things.


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A tribute to the inter-Korean summit  April 27, 2018

Brothers and Sisters of Joseon
In the spring, our love warms our Souls,
like cherry blossoms floating in the breeze at Panmunjom.

In wintertime, our love is cold — it's holding the island of Yeonpyeong
in pain freezing our toes.

If skies are blue, our love is peaceful — two people shaking
hands in the spring sun.
If thunder rolls in, our love is brave, a refuge from the rain.

When spring cherry blossoms bloom,
Our love is bold, like red petals on the Korean rose.

When autumn leaves fall, our love is silver,
shining bright like, Mount Kumgang.

From New Year's day till Dano, the fifth day of the fifth month of
the year our love will continue to hold hands.

From season to season, may peace continue to bloom,
in the land of Korea.

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You! are my sunshine,
To love you is to love a place,

A thorny rose!
You smell so sweet, sweet as a cherry blooming the spring,

Your thorns hurt my heart;
Love is Sharon's rose.
A red rose that lights up my life.

You who reminds me of an impossible past

In my life, I watch red sunsets.
Waiting for! My dream to come true.

Shifting sands,
Memories never are erased,
Lonely song, Arirang, I  love you!

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Too many miles between you and I,

Too many years separate our embrace,

I hate my fate,

Why out of all the possibilities,
Could I be born so far away from you?

So many miles,
So many years,

Away from your Soul and smile,

I feel like giving up myself
I let my second chance at love,
Pass me by,

I hate my fate,
I've been a fool, to wait! Too many years,
Before saying I love you,

But you don't have to worry,
I will always love you,

I have fallen in love with an impossible dream,
That will never come true,

I realize that I have waited too long,
Just because you are you,

I hate the path, fate has sent me on,
I realize you have countless loves, which travel with you every day.

When. They have left you,
I will always be here loving you,

I love you.

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Heaven Once Again

Thoughts flood my mind of love and white roses,
I see an Angel in white.
Floating towards me,

I'm waiting to embrace a beautiful miracle,
Our love story continues,
I am no longer lonely.

The day I will never forget,
The day I can finish, with happiness,
The day a dream has come true!

I won't need anyone else,
But you my eternal love.

I will love you,
Hold you,
Lift you up; on impossible days,

Even on that day,
When death separates me from you,
I will always love you,

For I know,
Our Souls will meet in Heaven once again,
God has said so!

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Every night in my lonely dreams,
You come to me from a far away place, (Korea)
And a distant time, (The time of Joseon.)

You are my Destiny,
My lost love,
The heavens took away on that June day.

But on July 7th day every year, A Midsummer night's dream,
Meant to be, as a great gift from God,
You are my love song, my destiny,

We spend a night, a dream of making impossible love,

You are my Angel,
I will love you forever and ever,

My beautiful dream,
You are my everything!



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You are all I dream about,
Am I in your dreams too?
Do you dream of our past, our magical lives?

Are you still waiting for me?
Or searching the Heavens for me?

Please find my Spirit,
Standing on the shores of an Eastern sea,
Staring at a sky full of stars,

I'm afraid I will never find you,

Or are you a wandering Spirit,
Wandering through eternity,
Searching for love, too?

I'm still waiting for you,
To come home to me soon.

I count each day as the sun rises.
Time and space,
Are mountains almost impossible to climb,

Wandering through wondrous dreams,
You are all I look for.
I want to know, where are you now?

You are all I look for these cold days.
You are all I dream of,
Do you dream of our love, too?

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Lady from another time!

My love for you is like the finest silk,
You remind me of a cute ***** cat,
Who likes her tummy rubbed,
And purrs with kisses.
Together, we are like whip cream and chocolate ice cream.

Oh darling Princess who visits me in my dreams,
My cute Asian spice,
The perfect companion to my hot Soul.

Dreaming of red sunsets,
Flying over waves of an Eastern Sea,
Dreaming of sunrises,
Falling into your cuddling arms,

Dancing on a new day's dawn,
Making love to you all day long!

Oh my darling Princess,
Walking with you under a spring moon,
Your kind lips sparkle in the moonlight,
Your Soul is ravishing,

I love you lady from another time!

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Eight cups of coffee,
A long night, waiting for love to come home again...
A cold moon is looking down on a bitter Soul,
Dust bunnies are making love in the moonlight.

Always waiting, never seeing you,
Bitterly cold, lonely nights, looking for your ghost at the
bottom of every empty cup,
Painting love poems with bittersweet, coffee grounds.

Still looking back,
asking, when will you come home?
Looking at a closed door,

Should I remain here waiting, with an empty heart?

Still unable to forget you,
can't leave this place,
eyes are always searching, cannot see past my broken heart.

Or move on,

Opening, a closed door to a new life and new dreams,
filling my heart with new love, new hope,
and say goodbye to my lost love, forever...

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My past is beginning to fade,
Like tears, of cherry blossom leaves falling,
On late spring days.

Beginnings are vanishing,
Endings are shining through frosty windows,
My final destiny is coming closer,

My Angel in Heaven is,
Waiting for me,
To take me home, beyond the stars.

Wondering though the decades,
Never finding love again in this world,

It's been hard living alone,
Always seeing love,
Missing true love,

Never touching love, again.

With Faith, always believing.
The Angels will bring me, back home,
To you, my love.

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*Wax - (Tears Are Falling) [ I Miss You OST ] Korean language Version
https://youtu.be/0NDtHCj2tlk

This night I shall dream of your glowing black hair,
The summer moon shining brightly in your tiger eyes.

Wrapped in echoes of your voice singing about a beautiful country,

I long to sip from your cherry-full lips.

In my dreams,
We fly on a long-winged white-tailed eagle in the blueness of an infinite sky,
Skimming over mountains and rivers.  

The depths of all the Eastern seas shall never separate our hearts.

Brilliant as singing rivers, the seas greet us from afar.

Young dragons were trying to catch magical orbs falling from Heaven.

In the twilight.
We feast on chocolate-coated candy kisses and sweet,
Tender kisses of love.

Adorned in flowing white silk robes,
Like Angels,
We pluck our magic Haegeum love chimes from our heart strings,

I press my hand into yours,

As our Souls melt into one.

You will always be part of my life my little tiger eyes,
My singing Soul of love.

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Golden sunsets are always beautiful,
They remind me holding your hand, walking along sandy shores,
All the while, speaking of our dreams to come,

Magpies, singing us to sleep,
Under a misty summer sky,
Altair and Vega, guiding us through our blue sky dreams,

Waking up in another time; seeing rainbows shining upon your Soul,

Looking into your eyes,
Seeing diamonds reflected; brighter than the stars in the night sky,

Holding on tight; afraid to let go,
Feeling safe; our Souls walking along a golden path,
Cherry blossom feathers falling in your hair, tickling your nose,

My love,
Who says goodbye at dawn,
Wishing you were real and could stay with me for one day more,

Desiring to hold you in the daylight; my dream,
Hearing you whispering to me,
I love you, keep me in your thoughts while I’m gone.

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Love Remembered
When the world was the color white,
I chose to stand by your side,

But, these cold days were not by chance,
Nor would they last,

I fell in love,
With memories of our past,
Finally, I've figured out my life,
Know what I want at last,

I will follow my heart!
As it leads me back to you,
Into memories of a Seoul winter,
From our past.

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Impossible you and I,
You are beautiful,
I'm ugly,

Your Spirit lives,
On the other side of planet earth,

I live here in pain;

A place of mourning lost love,
A place of missing love,
A place of heartache,

You live in a place of beauty;

A place of respect,
A place where Cherry Blossoms grow,
A place of romance,

So Impossible a place you live,
It's called a Miracle!

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I feel amazed and like I'm living in a deep dream sometimes,
When I think of you each night and day,
And when I see you, I see Magpies flying high,

I write words from our dreams, every day,
These words are never enough,
To show how much I love you!

I cry when you're in pain,
There is nothing I can do but pray,

You're beautiful!
I can't resist your courage and strength, it's true!
The cherry blooms and palaces fade into shadows sometimes...

But my memories of living with you in the past will always remain,
Locked away in my heart, like the treasures of Joseon,
I am crazy for you!

Your Soul is fast; your heart is a mother's love,
I truly wish my heart was being held in your hands,
I could sing and dance 'til life was done,
But you are the focus of my plans,

Too much missing you is impressive, my love,
And for you, 'Dae Han, Min Guk', I thank Heaven above.

All my love,

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A long time ago,
At the beginning of Fate's eastern path,
You and I touched in a dream,

On the sunrise of a new life,
You became a delightful Hope,
That opened my heart;

To a beautiful Miracle,
To a wonderful new world,
To the past life and home, I mourn every day.

My dream,

But you still don't know who I am,
The only time I can touch you,
Is in my world of fantasies,

I truly don't know,
When I will be able to take that first step,
On a Fates path, to find you in this life,

To kiss your hand and,
Hold your Soul forever in my arms,
You! the Love! of my sweet dreams.


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