Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen — Page 502
In its topmost branches the wood-pigeon built her nest, and the cuckoo carried out his usual vocal performances, and his well-known notes echoed amid the boughs; and in autumn, when the leaves looked like beaten copper plates, the birds of passage would come and rest upon the branches before taking their flight across the sea.
가장 높은 가지에는 비둘기가 둥지를 틀었고, 뻐꾸기는 늘 하던 대로 울음소리를 냈으며, 그 익숙한 소리가 나뭇가지 사이에 울려 퍼졌다. 그리고 가을이 되어 나뭇잎들이 두드려 만든 구리판처럼 보일 때면, 철새들이 날아와 바다를 건너기 전에 가지 위에서 쉬어 가곤 했다.
But now it was winter, the tree stood leafless, so that every one could see how crooked and bent were the branches that sprang forth from the trunk.
그러나 지금은 겨울이었고, 나무는 잎 하나 없이 서 있었기에, 누구나 줄기에서 뻗어 나온 가지들이 얼마나 구부러지고 휘어 있는지 볼 수 있었다.
Crows and rooks came by turns and sat on them, and talked of the hard times which were beginning, and how difficult it was in winter to obtain food.
까마귀와 갈까마귀들이 번갈아 날아와 가지에 앉아서, 시작되고 있는 힘든 시절과 겨울에 먹이를 구하는 것이 얼마나 어려운지에 대해 이야기를 나눴다.
It was just about holy Christmas time that the tree dreamed a dream.
바로 거룩한 크리스마스가 다가올 무렵, 나무는 꿈을 꾸었다.
The tree had, doubtless, a kind of feeling that the festive time had arrived, and in his dream fancied he heard the bells ringing from all the churches round, and yet it seemed to him to be a beautiful summer's day, mild and warm.
나무는 의심할 여지 없이 축제의 시간이 왔다는 일종의 느낌을 받고 있었고, 꿈속에서 주변의 모든 교회에서 종소리가 울려 퍼지는 것을 들었다고 생각했다. 그러나 동시에 그것은 온화하고 따뜻한 아름다운 여름날처럼 느껴졌다.
His mighty summits was crowned with spreading fresh green foliage; the sunbeams played among the leaves and branches, and the air was full of fragrance from herb and blossom; painted butterflies chased each other; the summer flies danced around him, as if the world had been created merely for them to dance and be merry in.
그의 웅장한 꼭대기는 넓게 펼쳐진 싱그러운 녹색 잎으로 뒤덮였고, 햇살은 잎과 가지 사이에서 춤을 추었으며, 공기는 풀과 꽃의 향기로 가득했다. 화려한 나비들이 서로를 쫓아다니고, 여름 파리들이 그의 주위를 빙빙 돌았는데, 마치 세상이 오로지 그것들이 춤추고 즐거워하도록 만들어진 것 같았다.
All that had happened to the tree during every year of his life seemed to pass before him, as in a festive procession.
나무가 살아온 매해 동안 일어났던 모든 일들이 마치 축제의 행렬처럼 그의 눈앞을 지나가는 것 같았다.
Vocabulary
- 가장
- ga-jang — Most; the highest degree of a quality
- 높은
- no-peun — High, tall, elevated in position or degree
- 가지에는
- ga-ji-e-neun — On the branch (topic marker attached)
- 비둘기가
- bi-dul-gi-ga — Pigeon or dove (subject marker attached)
- 둥지를
- dung-ji-reul — Nest (object marker attached)
- 틀었고
- teu-reot-go — Built or made a nest, and then
- 뻐꾸기는
- ppeo-kku-gi-neun — Cuckoo bird (topic marker attached)
- 늘
- neul — Always, constantly, at all times
- 하던
- ha-deon — Used to do; past habitual action modifier
- 대로
- dae-ro — As usual; according to, following a pattern
- 울음소리를
- u-reum-so-ri-reul — Crying or calling sound (object marker attached)
- 냈으며
- naet-eu-myeo — Produced or made a sound, and also
- 그
- geu — That; the (demonstrative or definite reference)
- 익숙한
- ik-su-kan — Familiar, accustomed to, well-known sound or feeling
- 소리가
- so-ri-ga — Sound, noise (subject marker attached)
- 나뭇가지
- na-mut-ga-ji — Tree branch, twig of a tree
- 사이에
- sa-i-e — Between, among, in the space of
- 울려
- ul-lyeo — Resounding, echoing; causing sound to spread
- 퍼졌다
- peo-jeot-da — Spread out, diffused widely through an area
- 그리고
- geu-ri-go — And, and then, additionally connecting sentences
- 가을이
- ga-eu-ri — Autumn, fall season (subject marker attached)
- 되어
- doe-eo — Becoming, turning into a state or season
- 나뭇잎들이
- na-mun-nip-deu-ri — Tree leaves, foliage (plural, subject marker attached)
- 두드려
- du-deu-ryeo — Beaten, hammered, struck repeatedly on surface
- 만든
- man-deun — Made, created, crafted (modifying adjective form)
- 보일
- bo-il — To appear, to look like something visually
- 때면
- ttae-myeon — Whenever, at the time when something happens
- 철새들이
- cheol-sae-deu-ri — Migratory birds (plural, subject marker attached)
- 날아와
- na-ra-wa — Flying in, arriving by flying toward here
- 바다를
- ba-da-reul — Sea, ocean (object marker attached)
- 건너기
- geon-neo-gi — Crossing over, the act of crossing a body
- 전에
- jeon-e — Before, prior to an event or action
- 가지
- ga-ji — Branch of a tree
- 위에서
- wi-e-seo — On top of, above a surface or object
- 쉬어
- swi-eo — Resting, taking a break from activity
- 가곤
- ga-gon — Used to go; habitual past action particle
- 했다
- haet-da — Did, performed an action (past tense)
- 그러나
- geu-reo-na — However, but, contrasting conjunction between clauses
- 지금은
- ji-geu-meun — Now, at the present time (topic marker)
- 겨울이었고
- gyeo-u-ri-eot-go — It was winter, and (continuing conjunction)
- 나무는
- na-mu-neun — The tree (topic marker attached)
- 잎
- ip — Leaf, foliage of a plant or tree
- 하나
- ha-na — One, a single unit or item
- 없이
- eop-si — Without, lacking something entirely
- 서
- seo — Standing; being upright in a position
- 있었기에
- it-seot-gi-e — Because it was in a state of being
- 누구나
- nu-gu-na — Anyone, everyone, whoever without exception
- 줄기에서
- jul-gi-e-seo — From the trunk or stem of a tree
- 뻗어
- ppeo-deo — Stretching out, extending in a direction
- 나온
- na-on — Coming out, emerged from a source
- 가지들이
- ga-ji-deu-ri — Branches (plural, subject marker attached)
- 얼마나
- eol-ma-na — How much, to what extent or degree
- 구부러지고
- gu-bu-reo-ji-go — Bent, curved, and additionally (connective form)
- 휘어
- hwi-eo — Warped, twisted, bent under pressure or weight
- 있는지
- it-neun-ji — Whether something exists or is in a state
- 볼
- bol — To see, to look at something
- 수
- su — Ability, possibility; can (modal auxiliary)
- 있었다
- it-seot-da — There was, it existed (past tense)
- 까마귀와
- kka-ma-gwi-wa — Crow (with conjunction marker attached)
- 번갈아
- beon-ga-ra — Alternately, taking turns one after another
- 가지에
- ga-ji-e — On the branch (locative marker attached)
- 앉아서
- an-ja-seo — Sitting down, and then doing something else
- 시작되고
- si-jak-doe-go — Beginning, starting to occur (connective form)
- 있는
- it-neun — Existing, ongoing present state or action
- 힘든
- him-deun — Difficult, hard, strenuous times or situation
- 시절과
- si-jeol-gwa — Period of time, era (with conjunction marker)
- 겨울에
- gyeo-u-re — In winter, during the winter season
- 먹이를
- meo-gi-reul — Food for animals, prey (object marker)
- 구하는
- gu-ha-neun — Seeking, searching for, trying to obtain
- 것이
- geo-si — The thing, the fact that (subject marker)
- 어려운지에
- eo-ryeo-un-ji-e — About how difficult something is (indirect question)
- 대해
- dae-hae — About, regarding, concerning a topic
- 이야기를
- i-ya-gi-reul — Story, conversation, talk (object marker attached)
- 나눴다
- na-nwot-da — Shared, exchanged words or conversation (past tense)
- 바로
- ba-ro — Right, exactly, just at that moment
- 거룩한
- geo-ru-kan — Holy, sacred, divine in a religious sense
- 크리스마스가
- keu-ri-seu-ma-seu-ga — Christmas (subject marker attached)
- 다가올
- da-ga-ol — Approaching, coming near (future modifying form)
- 무렵
- mu-ryeop — Around the time of, approximately when
- 꿈을
- kkum-eul — Dream (object marker attached)
- 꾸었다
- kku-eot-da — Had a dream, dreamed something (past tense)
- 의심할
- ui-sim-hal — To doubt, to question the truth of something
- 여지
- yeo-ji — Room, margin, space for doubt or possibility
- 축제의
- chuk-je-ui — Of the festival, festive (possessive modifier)
- 시간이
- si-ga-ni — Time (subject marker attached)
- 왔다는
- wat-da-neun — That it came, reporting a past arrival
- 일종의
- il-jong-ui — A kind of, a sort of (possessive modifier)
- 느낌을
- neu-kki-meul — Feeling, sensation (object marker attached)
- 받고
- bat-go — Receiving, getting and then (connective form)
- 있었고
- it-seot-go — Was in a state, and then (connective past)
- 꿈속에서
- kkum-so-ge-seo — Inside a dream, within the dream world
- 주변의
- ju-byeon-ui — Surrounding, nearby (possessive modifier form)
- 모든
- mo-deun — All, every, each without exception
- 교회에서
- gyo-hoe-e-seo — At the church, from the church (locative)
- 종소리가
- jong-so-ri-ga — Bell sound, ringing of bells (subject marker)
- 퍼지는
- peo-ji-neun — Spreading, diffusing outward in all directions
- 것을
- geo-seul — The thing, the act of (object marker)
- 들었다고
- deu-reot-da-go — Said that one heard something (reported speech)
- 생각했다
- saeng-ga-kaet-da — Thought, believed, considered something (past tense)
- 동시에
- dong-si-e — At the same time, simultaneously
- 그것은
- geu-geo-seun — That thing, it (topic marker attached)
- 온화하고
- on-hwa-ha-go — Mild, gentle in temperature or manner
- 따뜻한
- tta-tteu-tan — Warm, cozy, pleasantly heated temperature
- 아름다운
- a-reum-da-un — Beautiful, lovely, aesthetically pleasing
- 여름날처럼
- yeo-reum-nal-cheo-reom — Like a summer day, resembling summer weather
- 느껴졌다
- neu-kkyeo-jeot-da — Was felt, seemed like a certain feeling
- 그의
- geu-ui — His, its (possessive pronoun modifier)
- 웅장한
- ung-jang-han — Grand, majestic, imposing in scale or appearance
- 꼭대기는
- kkok-dae-gi-neun — The top, summit, peak (topic marker attached)
- 넓게
- neol-ge — Widely, broadly, spanning a large area
- 펼쳐진
- pyeol-cheo-jin — Spread out, unfolded, extended over an area
- 싱그러운
- sing-geu-reo-un — Fresh, lush, vibrant and full of life
- 녹색
- nok-saek — Green color
- 잎으로
- i-peu-ro — With leaves, covered by foliage (directional marker)
- 뒤덮였고
- dwi-deo-pyeot-go — Was covered all over, and then (connective)
- 햇살은
- haet-sa-reun — Sunlight, sunshine (topic marker attached)
- 잎과
- ip-gwa — Leaves and (conjunction marker attached)
- 사이에서
- sa-i-e-seo — From between, among things or people
- 춤을
- chum-eul — Dance (object marker attached)
- 추었으며
- chu-eot-eu-myeo — Danced, and additionally (connective past form)
- 공기는
- gong-gi-neun — The air, atmosphere (topic marker attached)
- 풀과
- pul-gwa — Grass and (conjunction marker attached)
- 꽃의
- kko-chui — Of flowers, flower's (possessive modifier)
- 향기로
- hyang-gi-ro — With fragrance, by means of scent or aroma
- 가득했다
- ga-deu-kaet-da — Was full of, filled to capacity (past tense)
- 화려한
- hwa-ryeo-han — Colorful, splendid, elaborate and eye-catching
- 나비들이
- na-bi-deu-ri — Butterflies (plural, subject marker attached)
- 서로를
- seo-ro-reul — Each other (object marker attached)
- 쫓아다니고
- jjo-cha-da-ni-go — Chasing around, pursuing and moving about
- 여름
- yeo-reum — Summer season
- 파리들이
- pa-ri-deu-ri — Flies, insects (plural, subject marker attached)
- 주위를
- ju-wi-reul — Around, surrounding area (object marker attached)
- 빙빙
- bing-bing — Round and round, spinning in circles
- 돌았는데
- do-ran-neun-de — Were going around, spinning (background connective)
- 마치
- ma-chi — Just as if, as though, like (comparison)
- 세상이
- se-sang-i — The world (subject marker attached)
- 오로지
- o-ro-ji — Solely, only, exclusively for one purpose
- 그것들이
- geu-geot-deu-ri — Those things (plural, subject marker attached)
- 춤추고
- chum-chu-go — Dancing and (connective verb form)
- 즐거워하도록
- jeul-geo-wo-ha-do-rok — So that they rejoice, in order to enjoy
- 만들어진
- man-deu-reo-jin — Made, created, designed for a purpose
- 것
- geot — Thing, fact, nominalizer for actions or states
- 같았다
- ga-tat-da — Seemed like, appeared to be (past tense)
- 나무가
- na-mu-ga — The tree (subject marker attached)
- 살아온
- sa-ra-on — Has lived through, having experienced life over time
- 매해
- mae-hae — Every year, each year without exception
- 동안
- dong-an — During, for a period of time
- 일어났던
- i-reo-nat-deon — That had happened, events that occurred (past modifier)
- 일들이
- il-deu-ri — Events, things that happened (plural, subject marker)
- 눈앞을
- nun-a-peul — Before one's eyes, in front of the eyes
- 지나가는
- ji-na-ga-neun — Passing by, going past in front of one
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