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Vasko Popa (조영필 역)

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더 좋네

우리는 육체에서 벗어났다

이제 우리는 우리가 할 일을 할 것이다

뭐든 말해봐

되시겠습니까

번갯불의 등뼈

더 말해봐

네게 무슨 말을 해야 할까

폭풍우의 골반

다른 거 말해봐

다른 건 모르겠어

하늘의 갈비뼈

우리는 누구의 뼈도 아니야

무언가 색다른 거 말해봐

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At the beginning

That's better

We've got away from the flesh

Now we will do what we will

Say something

Would you like to be

The backbone of a streak of lightning

Say something more

What should* I say to you

Plevis of a storm

Say something else**

I don't know anything else***

Ribs of the heavens****

We are not anyone's bones*****

Say something different

* shall 로 개역

** more 로 개역

*** I know nothing else 로 개역

**** sky로 개역

***** We are no one's bones 로 개역

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

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At the beginning

That's so much better

We've saved ourselves from the flesh

Now we'll do what we'll do

Say something

Would you like to be

The backbone of lightning

Say a bit more

What can I say

Hipbone of a storm

Say something else

That's all I know

Ribs of heaven

We're nobody's bones

Say something else

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

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Note: 이 시는 [One bone to another] 의 첫 시이다. [One bone to another]의 대주제 아래 At the beginning, After the beginning, In the sun, Underground, In the moonlight, Before the end, At the end가 있다. (2021. 12. 15.)