Vasko Popa (조영필 역)
작은 상자의 일꾼들
작은 상자를 열지 마라
하늘의 모자가 떨어질 것이다
네가 무엇을 하더라도 그녀를 닫지 마라
그녀는 영원의 바지 다리를 잘라낼 것이다
그녀를 땅에 떨어뜨리지 마라
태양의 알이 안에서 박살 날 것이다
그녀를 공중에 던지지 마라
지구의 뼈가 안에서 부러질 것이다
그녀를 네 손에 잡지 마라
별 반죽이 안에서 시큼해질 것이다
제발 네가 무엇을 하고 있는지 명심해라
그녀를 네 시야에서 벗어나게 하지 마라
THE LITTLE BOX'S WORKMEN
Don't open the little box
The sky's cap will fall out
Don't shut her whatever you do
She'll cut eternity's trouser-leg off
Don't drop her on the ground
The sun's eggs will get smashed inside
Don't throw her into the air
The earth's bones will get broken inside
Don't hold her in your hands
The star-dough will go sour inside
For God's sake mind what you're doing
Don't let her out of your sight
(Anne Pennington)
The Craftsman of the Little Box
Don't open the little box
The cap of heaven will drop out (Heaven's hat will fall out of her)
Don't close her for any reason
She'll bite through the trouser-leg of eternity
Don't drop her on the ground(earth)
The sun's eggs will break inside her
Don't throw her in the air
Earth's bones will break inside her
Don't hold her in your hands
The starry dough (The dough of the stars) will go sour inside her
What are you doing for heaven's sake (for God's sake)
Don't let her out of your sight
(Charles Simic)