With a blade sharp and spirit unbroken, I stand In this prison where my heart burns like fire's brand Defiant eyes piercing the tyrant's cruel face Remembering scholars who met fate with grace Oh! One pure heart, how bitter the love that remains Crushing dreams between iron bars and endless pains That first prison night - long, terrifying, and deep Where loneliness howls and sorrow refuses to sleep My soul like a lonely river, crying out wild Crushed but unbending, still unreconciled Even as vile creatures circle with malice stark My heart holds tight to my beloved's tender mark Oh! What is love? What is truest devotion? Shall I die here, consumed by raw emotion? Though serpents and jackals may threaten my breath My love stands guardian beyond the threat of death Bruised and wounded, I trace each painful mark Tears falling like rivers in this lightless dark Willow branches brushing my prison's cold bars Waiting for whispers from my love past these scars Through midnight's long hours, my heart breaks anew The nightingale weeps - South Jeolla trembles too Oh! One pure heart - unbroken, unbound, and true My love eternal, my spirit forever new
With a blade sharp and spirit unbroken, I stand
In this prison where my heart burns like fire's brand
Defiant eyes piercing the tyrant's cruel face
Remembering scholars who met fate with grace
Oh! One pure heart, how bitter the love that remains
Crushing dreams between iron bars and endless pains
That first prison night - long, terrifying, and deep
Where loneliness howls and sorrow refuses to sleep
My soul like a lonely river, crying out wild
Crushed but unbending, still unreconciled
Even as vile creatures circle with malice stark
My heart holds tight to my beloved's tender mark
Oh! What is love? What is truest devotion?
Shall I die here, consumed by raw emotion?
Though serpents and jackals may threaten my breath
My love stands guardian beyond the threat of death
Bruised and wounded, I trace each painful mark
Tears falling like rivers in this lightless dark
Willow branches brushing my prison's cold bars
Waiting for whispers from my love past these scars
Through midnight's long hours, my heart breaks anew
The nightingale weeps - South Jeolla trembles too
Oh! One pure heart - unbroken, unbound, and true
My love eternal, my spirit forever new