The river darkens on an autumn night
And the waves subside as if to sleep.
I drop a line into the water
But the sleepy fish won’t bite.

The empty boat and I return
Filled with our catch of moonlight.

Jung's original poem is in the public domain.
This translation by Virginia Olsen Baron and Chang Seuk Park and included in Ms. Baron's book,
Sunset in a Spider Web: Sijo Poetry of Ancient Korea (Henry Holt & Co., 1974).