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Langston Hughes

Lovely, dark, and lonely one,
Bare your bosom to the sun,
Do not be afraid of light
You who are a child of night.

Open wide your arms to life,
Whirl in the wind of pain and strife,
Face the wall with the dark closed gate,
Beat with bare, brown fists
And wait.


appeared in 동광 vol. 30 (1932/01) as Song (동광), tl. 한흑구
accessed 2022/10/31, from poets.org