못

Vasko Popa (조영필 역)

못

하나는 못이고 다른 하나는 집게

나머지는 일꾼들이다

집게는 못의 머리를 잡는다

집게는 이빨과 손으로 못을 붙잡는다

그리고 못을 당기고 당기고

못을 천장에서 꺼내기 위해

대개 집게는 못의 머리를 당겨낼 뿐이다

못 전체를 천장에서 빼내기는 어렵다

그러자 일꾼들은 말한다

집게는 좋지 않다

그들은 그의 턱을 부수고 팔을 깨트리고

그리고 그를 창 밖으로 던진다

그 후에 다른 누군가가 집게가 된다

다른 누군가는 못

나머지는 일꾼들이다

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The nail

One be the nail another the pincers

The others are workmen

The pincers take the nail by the head

With their teeth with their hands they grip him

And tug him tug

To get him out of the ceiling

Usually they only pull his head off

It's difficult to get a nail out of the ceiling

Then the workmen say

The pincers are no good

They smash their jaws they break their arms

And throw them out of the window

After that someone else be the pincers

Someone else the nail

The others are workmen

(Vasko Popa Selected Poems, translated by Anne Pennington, Penguin Books, 1969)

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Floornail

One is the nail another is pliers

The rest are carpenters

The plier grab the nail by the head

With their teeth and arms they grab it

And keep pulling and pulling

Pulling it out of the floor

Usually they just wring its head off

It's hard pulling a nail out of the floor

The carpenters then say

The pliers are lousy

They crush its jaws break its arms

And throw them out of the window

Then someone else is a floornail

Another is pliers

The rest are carpenters

(Homage to the lame wolf, translated by Charles Simic, Oberlin College Press, 1987)

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Klina

Jedan bude klin drugi klešta

Ostali su majstori

Klešta dohvate klin za glavu

Zubima ga rukama ga dohvate

I vuku ga vuku

Vade ga iz patosa

Obično mu samo glavu otkinu

Teško je izvaditi iz patosa klin

Majstori onda kažu

Ne valjaju klešta

Razvale im vilice polome im ruke

I bace ih kroz prozor

Neko drugi zatim bude klin

Neko drugi klešta

Ostali su majstori

(원문)

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