Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen — Page 499
It is different with the tree; it is obliged to keep awake through three seasons of the year, and does not get any sleep till winter comes.
나무는 다르다. 나무는 일 년 중 세 계절 동안 깨어 있어야 하며, 겨울이 올 때까지 잠을 자지 못한다.
Winter is its time for rest; its night after the long day of spring, summer, and autumn.
겨울은 나무가 쉬는 시간이다. 봄, 여름, 가을의 긴 낮이 지난 후의 밤인 것이다.
On many a warm summer, the Ephemera, the flies that exist for only a day, had fluttered about the old oak, enjoyed life and felt happy and if, for a moment, one of the tiny creatures rested on one of his large fresh leaves, the tree would always say, "Poor little creature! your whole life consists only of a single day.
따뜻한 여름날이면, 하루살이, 즉 단 하루만 존재하는 파리들이 오래된 참나무 주위를 팔랑거리며 삶을 즐기고 행복해했는데, 만약 그 작은 생물 중 하나가 잠시 나무의 크고 싱싱한 잎사귀 위에 앉으면, 나무는 언제나 이렇게 말하곤 했다. "가엾은 작은 생물아! 너의 온 생애는 단 하루에 불과하구나.
How very short. It must be quite melancholy."
얼마나 짧은가. 정말 슬픈 일임에 틀림없다."
"Melancholy! what do you mean?" the little creature would always reply.
"슬프다고요! 그게 무슨 말씀이세요?" 그 작은 생물은 언제나 이렇게 대답하곤 했다.
"Everything around me is so wonderfully bright and warm, and beautiful, that it makes me joyous."
"제 주위의 모든 것이 너무나 놀랍도록 밝고 따뜻하고 아름다워서, 저는 기쁘기만 한걸요."
"But only for one day, and then it is all over."
"하지만 단 하루뿐이고, 그러면 모든 것이 끝나버리지."
"Over!" repeated the fly; "what is the meaning of all over? Are you all over too?"
"끝이라고요!" 파리가 되물었다. "끝난다는 게 무슨 뜻이에요? 당신도 끝나버리나요?"
"No; I shall very likely live for thousands of your days, and my day is whole seasons long; indeed it is so long that you could never reckon it out."
"아니, 나는 아마도 너의 수천 날 동안 살 것이고, 나의 하루는 계절 전체만큼 길단다. 실로 너무 길어서 너는 결코 헤아릴 수도 없을 것이다."
"No? then I don't understand you. You may have thousands of my days, but I have thousands of moments in which I can be merry and happy. Does all the beauty of the world cease when you die?"
"그렇지 않다고요? 그렇다면 저는 이해할 수가 없어요. 당신은 저의 수천 날을 가질 수 있겠지만, 저는 즐겁고 행복할 수 있는 수천 순간을 가지고 있어요. 당신이 죽으면 세상의 모든 아름다움도 사라지나요?"
Vocabulary
- 나무는
- namuneun — As for the tree (topic marker attached)
- 다르다
- dareuda — To be different, to differ from something
- 일
- il — One; also means work or day
- 년
- nyeon — Year, used as a unit of time
- 중
- jung — Among, middle, during a period
- 세
- se — Three; also age in Korean counting
- 계절
- gyejeol — Season, one of the four yearly seasons
- 동안
- dongan — During, for a period of time
- 깨어
- kkaeo — Being awake, having woken up
- 있어야
- issеoya — Must be, must exist or remain
- 하며
- hamyeo — While doing, and also doing simultaneously
- 겨울이
- gyeouri — Winter (subject marker attached)
- 올
- ol — Coming, about to come (future modifier)
- 때까지
- ttaekkaji — Until the time when something happens
- 잠을
- jameul — Sleep (object marker attached)
- 자지
- jaji — Not sleep (base verb 자다 negated form)
- 못한다
- mothanda — Cannot do, is unable to do something
- 겨울은
- gyeoureun — Winter (topic marker attached)
- 나무가
- namuga — The tree (subject marker attached)
- 쉬는
- swineun — Resting, taking a break (modifier form)
- 시간이다
- siganiда — It is time, the time for something
- 봄
- bom — Spring, the season after winter
- 여름
- yeoreum — Summer, the warmest season of year
- 가을의
- gaeureui — Of autumn, belonging to the fall season
- 긴
- gin — Long (modifier form of 길다)
- 낮이
- naji — Daytime (subject marker attached)
- 지난
- jinan — Past, having passed (modifier form)
- 후의
- huui — Of after, following a certain time
- 밤인
- bamin — Being night, which is the night
- 것이다
- geosida — It is the thing, it is indeed so
- 따뜻한
- ttatteuthan — Warm, having a comfortable warmth
- 여름날이면
- yeoreumnalimyeon — If it is a summer day, on summer days
- 하루살이
- harusari — Mayfly, an insect living only one day
- 즉
- jeuk — That is, namely, in other words
- 단
- dan — Only, merely, just one
- 하루만
- haruman — Only one day, just a single day
- 존재하는
- jonjaeHaneun — Existing, that exists (modifier form)
- 파리들이
- parideuri — Flies (plural, subject marker attached)
- 오래된
- oraedoen — Old, long-established, aged over time
- 참나무
- chamnamu — Oak tree, a large hardwood tree
- 주위를
- juwireul — Around, the surrounding area (object marker)
- 팔랑거리며
- pallanggeorimyeo — Fluttering about, flapping lightly while moving
- 삶을
- salmeul — Life (object marker attached)
- 즐기고
- jeulgigo — Enjoying and, taking pleasure in something
- 행복해했는데
- haengbokahaenneunde — Were happy, but then something followed
- 만약
- manyak — If, supposing that, in the event that
- 그
- geu — That, the (demonstrative determiner)
- 작은
- jageun — Small, little, tiny (modifier form)
- 생물
- saengmul — Living creature, organism, living being
- 하나가
- hanaga — One (subject marker attached)
- 잠시
- jamsi — For a moment, briefly, a short while
- 나무의
- namuui — Of the tree, the tree's (possessive)
- 크고
- keugo — Large and, being big and also
- 싱싱한
- singssinghan — Fresh, lively, vibrant and full of life
- 잎사귀
- ipsagwi — Leaf, a single leaf of a plant
- 위에
- wie — On top of, above something
- 앉으면
- anjeuмyeon — If one sits down on something
- 언제나
- eonjеna — Always, at all times, ever
- 이렇게
- ireoke — Like this, in this way, thus
- 말하곤
- malhagon — Would say, used to say habitually
- 했다
- haessda — Did, past tense of 하다 (to do)
- 가엾은
- gaeyeolgeun — Pitiful, poor, deserving of sympathy
- 생물아
- saengmura — Oh creature! (vocative address to a being)
- 너의
- neoui — Your, belonging to you (informal)
- 온
- on — Entire, whole, all of something
- 생애는
- saengaeneun — One's lifetime (topic marker attached)
- 하루에
- harue — In one day, within a single day
- 불과하구나
- bulgwahaguna — Is merely, amounts to no more than
- 얼마나
- eolmana — How much, how very, to what extent
- 짧은가
- jjalbeunга — How short it is (exclamatory question form)
- 정말
- jeongmal — Really, truly, indeed very much so
- 슬픈
- seulpeun — Sad, sorrowful (modifier form)
- 일임에
- irime — In being the fact that it is
- 틀림없다
- teullimeopda — Without doubt, certainly, must be true
- 슬프다고요
- seulpeudagoyo — You say it is sad? (soft inquiry)
- 그게
- geuge — That thing, what is that (contracted)
- 무슨
- museun — What kind of, what sort of
- 말씀이세요
- malsseumisoyo — What do you mean? (polite speech)
- 생물은
- saengmureun — The creature (topic marker attached)
- 대답하곤
- daedaphagon — Would answer, used to respond habitually
- 제
- je — My (humble/polite first-person possessive)
- 주위의
- juwiui — Of the surroundings, around me (possessive)
- 모든
- modeun — All, every, each and every thing
- 것이
- geosi — The thing (subject marker attached)
- 너무나
- neomuna — So very, extremely, exceedingly much
- 놀랍도록
- nollapdorok — Surprisingly, to an astonishing degree
- 밝고
- balkgo — Bright and, being bright and also
- 따뜻하고
- ttatteutago — Warm and, being warm and also
- 아름다워서
- areumdawoseo — Because it is beautiful, being so beautiful
- 저는
- jeoneun — I (humble form, topic marker attached)
- 기쁘기만
- gippeugiman — Only feel happy, just being joyful
- 한걸요
- hangeolyo — That is all I do (soft assertion)
- 하지만
- hajiman — However, but, on the other hand
- 하루뿐이고
- harupunigo — It is only one day and then
- 그러면
- geureomyeon — Then, if so, in that case
- 끝나버리지
- kkeunnabеoriji — It just ends, finishes completely (casual)
- 끝이라고요
- kkeutiragoyo — You say it is the end? (polite)
- 파리가
- pariga — The fly (subject marker attached)
- 되물었다
- doemureossda — Asked back, counter-questioned, inquired again
- 끝난다는
- kkeunnandaneun — That it ends (nominal modifier clause)
- 게
- ge — Thing that, the fact that (contracted)
- 뜻이에요
- tteusiеyo — What does it mean? It means that
- 당신도
- dangsinHo — You also, even you (topic/emphasis)
- 끝나버리나요
- kkeunnabeorinayo — Do you also end up finishing? (polite)
- 아니
- ani — No, not so (informal negation)
- 나는
- naneun — I (informal, topic marker attached)
- 아마도
- amado — Probably, perhaps, most likely
- 수천
- sucheon — Thousands, several thousands in number
- 날
- nal — Day, days (unit of time)
- 살
- sal — To live, will live (future modifier)
- 것이고
- geosigo — It is the case and, being so
- 나의
- naui — My, belonging to me (possessive)
- 하루는
- haruneun — One day (topic marker attached)
- 전체만큼
- jeonchemankkeum — As much as the whole, entire amount
- 길단다
- gildanda — It is long, I tell you (familiar)
- 실로
- sillo — Truly, indeed, in all sincerity
- 너무
- neomu — Too, too much, excessively so
- 길어서
- gireoSeo — Because it is long, being so long
- 너는
- neoneun — You (informal, topic marker attached)
- 결코
- gyeolko — Never, by no means, absolutely not
- 헤아릴
- hearil — To count, to fathom (future modifier)
- 수도
- sudo — Cannot even, the ability also (negation)
- 없을
- eopseul — Will not be, there will be none
- 그렇지
- geureochi — Isn't that so? Right? (seeking agreement)
- 않다고요
- antadagoyo — You say it is not so? (polite)
- 그렇다면
- geureotamyeon — If that is so, in that case then
- 이해할
- ihaеhal — To understand (future modifier form)
- 수가
- suga — Ability (subject marker), can or cannot
- 없어요
- eopsseoyo — There is not, I cannot (polite form)
- 당신은
- dangsineun — You (polite, topic marker attached)
- 저의
- jeoui — My (humble possessive form)
- 날을
- nareul — Days (object marker attached)
- 가질
- gajil — To have, to possess (future modifier)
- 수
- su — Ability, possibility, can do something
- 있겠지만
- itgetjiman — May have, but still however
- 즐겁고
- jeulgeopgo — Joyful and, being enjoyable and also
- 행복할
- haengbokal — To be happy (future modifier form)
- 있는
- inneun — That has, existing (present modifier form)
- 순간을
- sunganeul — The moment (object marker attached)
- 가지고
- gajigo — Having, holding, possessing something
- 있어요
- isseoyo — There is, I have (polite present form)
- 당신이
- dangsini — You (polite, subject marker attached)
- 죽으면
- jugeuMyeon — If you die, when one dies
- 세상의
- sesangui — Of the world, the world's (possessive)
- 아름다움도
- areumdauмdo — Beauty also, even the beauty of
- 사라지나요
- sarajinayo — Does it disappear? Will it vanish away?
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