Translated by Chae-Pyong Song and Anne Rashid
Painted by Jam San
An Ink Painting by Kim Jong-sam
The grandmother puts her hand
on the nape of the drinking cow’s neck.
To say, we have been through
another day together,
the backs of our feet are swollen,
and both of us are lonely.
묵화(墨畵) / 김종삼
물먹는 소 목덜미에
할머니 손이 얹혀졌다.
이 하루도
함께 지났다고,
서로 발잔등이 부었다고,
서로 적막하다고,
Korean Poetry in Translation 
hi! would like to know if this poem was written based on the painting shown above?
if so, I would then be able to use this poem-painting pair for a project. Thanks in advance!
Thanks for asking. In fact, it’s the other way around. In other words, the painting is based on the poem.