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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
il — One; also means work or day
nyeon — Year, used as a unit of time
jung — Among, middle, during a period
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)
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
bom — Spring, the season after winter
여름
yeoreum — Summer, the warmest season of year
가을의
gaeureui — Of autumn, belonging to the fall season
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
jeuk — That is, namely, in other words
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
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)
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
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)
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
nal — Day, days (unit of time)
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)
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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