astragate

드라마 작가 최연지 선생님이 유튜브에 올리신 '천 개의 바람'이라는 시를 박영옥 선생님이 한마음문협 카톡에 소개해 주셨는데 회원들의 반응이 상당히 좋았습니다. 저도 처음 읽은 시였는데 중학생 때 영어시간에 배운 크리스티나 로제티의 시풍과 너무 유사해 새삼 제가 편역해 보관하고 있는 크리스티나 로제티의 '내가 죽거든 사랑하는 이여'와 비교해 보려고 서가에서 세계의 명시에 관한 책들을 뒤적이다가 장영희(1952~2009) 교수가 번역한 이 시를 찾아냈습니다. 최연지 작가님은 '천 개의 바람'을 작가미상으로 소개하셨는데 미국에서 공부하신 장 교수님은 '인디언의 전설이라는 속설도 있으나 메리 프라이가 1934년에 발표한 것'이라고 명확하게 소개하고 있습니다. 박영옥 선생님은 가끔 카톡방에 신선하고 예리한 작품을..

The Inward Morning Henry David Thoreau (1817~1862, USA) Packed in my mind lie all the clothes Which outward nature wears, And in its fashion's hourly change It all things else repairs. In vain I look for change abroad, And can no difference find, Till some new ray of peace uncalled Illumes my inmost mind. What is it gilds the trees and clouds, And paints the heavens so gay, But yonder fast-abidi..

영시 한 편 올립니다. 내가 서 있는 자리는 어디인지... Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost (1875~1963. USA) Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harn..

Snowdrops by Louise Gluck Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know what despair is; then winter should have meaning for you. I did not expect to survive, earth suppressing me, I didn’t expect to waken again, to feel in damp earth my body able to respond again, remembering after so long how to open again in the cold light of earliest spring- afraid, yes, but among you again crying yes risk j..

Robert Burns (United Kingdom. 1759~1796) Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braers, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den; Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear, I charge you ..

THE WASTE LAND - I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD Thomas S. Eliot (1888~1965, UK) April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. 황무지 제1부 죽은 자의 매장 사월은 가장 잔인한 달, 죽음의 땅에서 라일락을 피어나게 하고, 기억과 욕정을 뒤섞고, 봄비로 하여금 잠든 뿌리를 일깨운다. 겨울이 차라리 따..

<Hope is the Thing with Feathers> Emily Dickinson (1830~1886. USA) Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've Heard it in the chilliest land And on the strangest sea; Yet never in extremity It ..

<O Captain! My Captain!> Walt Whitman (1819~1892, USA) O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen co..

<Splendor in the Grass> William Wordsworth (United Kingdom 1770~1850) What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind... In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering... In years that br..

<Sea Fever> John Masefield (United Kingdom 1878~1967) I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a gray mist on the sea's face and a gray dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call an..