It was a still, starry night.
One shining star suddenly came into me and whispered.
It is your eyes that are watching the stars shining over there,
and it is your ears, not you,
that hear the raindrops
flowing down the window.
I used to think I was watching the stars
and I was hearing the raindrops.
Now I see once more with awakened eyes
and I hear once again with opened ears,
to realize I am the shining star,
and I am the raindrop.
The bright star sparkled once again
to show me that I am
neigher the shining star nor the raindrop.
I found out who I am and everything became clear.
Words fail to say the unspeakable and indescribable.
Starts are still shining on the sky through the window
and raindrops are still falling in the same way.

by Ilchi lee