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What Is the Will of the People

 Introduction (English Translation)

 

The will of the people should emerge from careful thought and accumulated dialogue.

Yet when it is seized by fleeting excitement or skillfully crafted words,

it falls from conscious intention into a mere “phenomenon.”

This poem quietly questions what is lost, by whom, and in what way,

behind the simple fact of having chosen.

It is a work that looks squarely—coolly, even at a distance—

at the danger advancing under the name of democracy.

 

What Is the Will of the People

 

It was nothing more than fickleness.

Drawn to novelty and curiosity,

the will of the people fell into a popularity contest.

 

Conviction was too strong.

Being deceived no longer mattered.

The will of the people was suspended—then dropped.

 

Words no longer told the truth.

A time bomb was hidden in their bellies.

The will of the people was incited,

made to harbor hostility.

 

To openly say, “Let blood be shed,”

then excuse it as misunderstanding—and be forgiven.

The will of the people is manipulated at face value.

 

A thickly painted smile begins to crack.

The resolve to fulfill true intentions is unwavering.

The more the people revel, the greater the cost they bear.

 

They misread the winds of the times.

Rejoice until betrayal comes.

The will of the people is divided,

opening deep fissures.

 

Swept along by uncertain currents of thought,

the compass that should guide the course goes mad.

The will of the people is swallowed whole,

dyed into a single color.

 

 


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