Heart of Darkness — Page 8
Land in a swamp, march through the woods, and in some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him—all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest, in the jungles, in the hearts of wild men.
늪에 상륙하고, 숲을 행군하며, 어느 내륙 초소에서 야만성을, 완전한 야만성이 그를 에워쌌음을 느끼게 되지요—숲속에서, 밀림에서, 야생인들의 가슴속에서 꿈틀대는 그 모든 신비로운 황야의 삶이.
There's no initiation either into such mysteries.
그런 신비들에 대한 입문 의식 같은 것도 없습니다.
He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable.
그는 불가해한 것들 한가운데서 살아가야 하는데, 그것은 또한 혐오스럽기도 합니다.
And it has a fascination, too, that goes to work upon him.
그리고 그것은 그에게 작용하는 매혹 또한 지니고 있습니다.
The fascination of the abomination—you know, imagine the growing regrets, the longing to escape, the powerless disgust, the surrender, the hate."
혐오의 매혹—아시겠지만, 커져가는 후회들, 탈출하고 싶은 갈망, 무력한 혐오감, 항복, 그리고 증오를 상상해 보십시오."
He paused.
그는 말을 멈췄다.
"Mind," he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus-flower—
"잘 들으세요," 그는 다시 시작했다, 한쪽 팔을 팔꿈치부터 들어 올리고, 손바닥을 바깥쪽으로 향한 채, 그리하여 두 다리를 앞에 접고 앉은 모습이, 유럽식 옷을 입고 연꽃 없이 설법하는 부처의 자세를 취하고 있었다—
"Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this.
"잘 들으세요, 우리 중 누구도 정확히 이런 감정을 느끼지는 않을 것입니다.
What saves us is efficiency—the devotion to efficiency.
우리를 구하는 것은 효율성—효율성에 대한 헌신입니다.
But these chaps were not much account, really.
하지만 그 녀석들은 실제로 별로 대단한 존재가 아니었습니다.
They were no colonists; their administration was merely a squeeze, and nothing more, I suspect.
그들은 식민지 개척자들이 아니었습니다; 그들의 행정은 단지 착취에 불과했고, 그 이상도 아니었다고 저는 생각합니다.
They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force—nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
그들은 정복자들이었고, 그러기 위해서는 오직 무력만이 필요할 뿐입니다—그것을 가지고 있다 해도 자랑할 것이 없지요, 왜냐하면 당신의 힘은 단지 타인들의 약함에서 비롯된 우연일 뿐이니까요.
They grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got.
그들은 얻을 수 있는 것을 위해 얻을 수 있는 모든 것을 움켜쥐었습니다.
Vocabulary
- 늪에
- neupe — In the swamp; locative form of swamp
- 상륙하고
- sangnyukhago — Landing ashore and; arriving on land
- 숲을
- supeul — Forest; accusative form of forest/woods
- 행군하며
- haenggunhamyeo — While marching; moving in military formation
- 어느
- eoneu — A certain; some particular (one)
- 내륙
- naeryuk — Inland; interior region away from coast
- 초소에서
- chosoeeseo — At the outpost; from a guard post
- 야만성을
- yamanseong-eul — Savagery; brutality, accusative form
- 완전한
- wanjeonhan — Complete; total, perfect, absolute
- 야만성이
- yamanseong-i — Savagery; brutality, nominative form
- 느끼게
- neukkige — To feel; so as to sense something
- 되지요
- doejijo — It becomes; comes to be (soft assertion)
- 숲속에서
- supsogеseo — Inside the forest; within the woods
- 밀림에서
- milrimeseo — In the jungle; from the dense forest
- 야생인들의
- yaesaengindeurui — Of wild people; belonging to savages
- 가슴속에서
- gaseumsogеseo — Deep in the heart; within one's chest
- 꿈틀대는
- kkumteuldaeneun — Writhing; wriggling, stirring restlessly
- 신비로운
- sinbiroun — Mysterious; mystical, enigmatic
- 황야의
- hwangya-ui — Of the wilderness; belonging to wasteland
- 삶이
- salmi — Life; existence, nominative form
- 신비들에
- sinbideule — To the mysteries; dative form of mysteries
- 입문
- immun — Initiation; introduction, entry into something
- 의식
- uisik — Ritual; ceremony, rite
- 없습니다
- eopseumnida — There is not; does not exist (formal)
- 불가해한
- bulgahaehan — Incomprehensible; unfathomable, beyond understanding
- 한가운데서
- hangaundеseo — In the middle of; amid, at the center
- 살아가야
- salagaya — Must live on; has to survive
- 혐오스럽기도
- hyeomoseureopgido — Also being repulsive; disgusting as well
- 매혹
- maehok — Fascination; allure, enchantment
- 혐오의
- hyeomo-ui — Of disgust; belonging to repulsion
- 커져가는
- keojyeoganeun — Growing larger; increasingly expanding
- 후회들
- huhoedeul — Regrets; feelings of remorse (plural)
- 탈출하고
- talchulhago — Escaping and; breaking free from something
- 갈망
- galmang — Longing; intense desire, yearning
- 무력한
- muryeokhan — Powerless; helpless, without strength
- 혐오감
- hyeomogam — Feeling of disgust; sense of revulsion
- 항복
- hangbok — Surrender; submission, giving up
- 증오를
- jeung-oreul — Hatred; intense loathing, accusative form
- 상상해 보십시오
- sangsanghae bosipsio — Please imagine; try to picture it
- 멈췄다
- meomchwotda — Stopped; came to a halt (past tense)
- 팔꿈치부터
- palkkumchibuto — From the elbow; starting at the elbow
- 손바닥을
- sonbadageul — Palm of the hand; accusative form
- 바깥쪽으로
- bakkatchjogeuro — Toward the outside; facing outward
- 유럽식
- yureopsik — European style; in the European manner
- 연꽃
- yeonkkot — Lotus flower; aquatic sacred flower
- 부처의
- bucheo-ui — Of the Buddha; belonging to Buddha
- 자세를
- jasereul — Posture; position, attitude, accusative form
- 효율성
- hyoyulseong — Efficiency; effectiveness, productive capacity
- 헌신입니다
- heonsinipnida — It is devotion; dedication (formal statement)
- 녀석들은
- nyeoseokdeureun — Those fellows; those guys (slightly dismissive)
- 식민지
- sungminji — Colony; colonized territory, settlement
- 개척자들이
- gaecheokjadeuri — The pioneers; settlers, colonizers (nominative)
- 착취에
- chakchwi-e — In exploitation; regarding plunder and extraction
- 무력만이
- muryeongmani — Only force; nothing but brute power
- 자랑할
- jaranghal — To boast about; worth being proud of
- 타인들의
- taindeurui — Of others; belonging to other people
- 약함에서
- yakhamеseo — From weakness; originating in frailty
- 비롯된
- birotdoen — Originating from; stemming, derived from
- 우연일
- uyeonil — Being a coincidence; mere chance or accident
- 움켜쥐었습니다
- umkyeojwieotseumnida — Grabbed tightly; seized with a firm grip
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