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In the afternoon, at the hour when the shadows from the mango trees began to lengthen and the air started its slow cooling, he would go to the gate again.
오후가 되어 망고나무 그늘이 길게 늘어지기 시작하고 공기가 서서히 식어가는 시간이 되면, 그는 다시 대문으로 향하곤 했다.
He would sit.
그는 앉아 있곤 했다.
He would wait.
그는 기다리곤 했다.
And she would come.
그리고 그녀가 오곤 했다.
This is how it worked for four years, with the fidelity of a law of nature.
이것이 사 년 동안 이어진 방식이었으며, 자연의 법칙처럼 한결같았다.
The gate swung open.
대문이 활짝 열렸다.
Nipa came through.
니파가 들어왔다.
Khao met her there, white and attentive, and for a moment before the demands of the afternoon descended — homework, dinner, her mother's voice calling from somewhere inside — it was just the two of them in the garden, the day closing softly around them.
카오는 그곳에서 그녀를 맞이했다. 하얗고 귀를 기울인 채로. 오후의 일상이 밀려오기 전 잠깐 동안 — 숙제, 저녁 식사, 집 안 어딘가에서 들려오는 어머니의 목소리가 오기 전 — 그것은 오직 그들 둘만의 시간이었다. 정원 안에서, 하루가 그들을 부드럽게 감싸며 저물어가는.
Malee watched this sometimes from the porch, without comment.
말레는 가끔 현관에서 이 모습을 말없이 바라보았다.
She thought it was a kind of love she recognized — the love that organizes itself entirely around another person, that does not ask anything except to be near, that finds its fullest expression simply in the act of return.
그녀는 그것이 자신이 알아볼 수 있는 어떤 사랑이라고 생각했다 — 오로지 다른 존재를 중심으로 스스로를 조직하는 사랑, 곁에 있는 것 외에는 아무것도 바라지 않는 사랑, 그저 돌아오는 행위 안에서 가장 완전한 표현을 찾는 사랑.
She had felt something like it herself, once, for people who were no longer here.
그녀 자신도 한때 그와 비슷한 감정을 느낀 적이 있었다, 이제는 곁에 없는 사람들을 향해.
She understood it.
그녀는 그것을 이해했다.
She let them have it.
그녀는 그들이 그것을 누리도록 내버려 두었다.
Vocabulary
- 오후가
- ohu-ga — Afternoon (subject marker attached)
- 되어
- doe-eo — Becoming; having become a certain state
- 망고나무
- manggo-namu — Mango tree, a tropical fruit-bearing tree
- 그늘이
- geuneul-i — Shadow or shade (subject marker attached)
- 길게
- gilge — Lengthily; in a long or extended manner
- 늘어지기
- neureoji-gi — Stretching out; becoming elongated or extended
- 시작하고
- sijak-hago — Beginning and; starting something and continuing
- 공기가
- gonggi-ga — Air (subject marker attached); the atmosphere
- 서서히
- seoSeohi — Slowly; gradually; at a leisurely pace
- 식어가는
- sigeo-ganeun — Gradually cooling down; becoming cooler over time
- 시간이
- sigan-i — Time (subject marker attached); a period of time
- 되면
- doe-myeon — When it becomes; once a condition is met
- 그는
- geu-neun — He (topic marker); referring to a male person
- 다시
- dasi — Again; once more; returning to a previous state
- 대문으로
- daemun-euro — Toward the main gate; in direction of entrance
- 향하곤
- hyanghagon — Used to head toward; habitually directed toward
- 했다
- haessda — Did; past tense of the verb 'to do'
- 앉아
- anja — Sitting; in the act of being seated
- 있곤
- itgon — Used to be; habitual past existence or state
- 기다리곤
- gidarigon — Used to wait; habitually waited for someone
- 그리고
- geurigo — And; also; connecting two clauses or ideas
- 그녀가
- geunyeo-ga — She (subject marker); referring to a female person
- 오곤
- ogon — Used to come; habitually came to a place
- 이것이
- igeosi — This (subject marker); referring to this thing
- 사
- sa — Four; the number four in Korean
- 년
- nyeon — Year; unit of time equal to twelve months
- 동안
- dongan — During; for a period or duration of time
- 이어진
- ieojin — Continued; connected; having carried on unbroken
- 방식이었으며
- bangsig-ieosseumyeo — Was a way or method and furthermore
- 자연의
- jayeon-ui — Of nature; belonging to the natural world
- 법칙처럼
- beopchik-cheoreom — Like a law or rule; resembling a natural principle
- 한결같았다
- hangyeolgatasda — Was consistently the same; remained unwavering throughout
- 대문이
- daemun-i — The main gate (subject marker); front entrance door
- 활짝
- hwalljjak — Wide open; fully bloomed or swung open
- 열렸다
- yeollyeossda — Was opened; became open (past tense)
- 들어왔다
- deureo-wassda — Came in; entered a place (past tense)
- 그곳에서
- geugot-eseo — There; at that place or location
- 그녀를
- geunyeo-reul — Her (object marker); referring to a female person
- 맞이했다
- majihaeassda — Welcomed; greeted someone upon their arrival
- 하얗고
- hayahgo — White and; being white in color and also
- 귀를
- gwi-reul — Ear (object marker); the organ for hearing
- 기울인
- giurin — Having leaned or tilted; having listened attentively
- 채로
- chae-ro — While remaining in a state; keeping that condition
- 오후의
- ohu-ui — Of the afternoon; belonging to afternoon time
- 일상이
- ilsang-i — Daily routine (subject marker); everyday life
- 밀려오기
- millyeoo-gi — Rushing in; surging forward like a wave
- 전
- jeon — Before; prior to a certain event or time
- 잠깐
- jamkkan — Briefly; for a short moment in time
- 숙제
- sukje — Homework; assignments given to students outside class
- 저녁
- jeonyeok — Evening; dinner; the latter part of the day
- 식사
- siksa — Meal; eating; the act of having a meal
- 집
- jip — House; home; a place where one lives
- 안
- an — Inside; within; the interior of a space
- 어딘가에서
- eodin-ga-eseo — From somewhere; from an unspecified location nearby
- 들려오는
- deullyeo-oneun — Coming to one's ears; being heard from afar
- 어머니의
- eomeoni-ui — Mother's; belonging to or of one's mother
- 목소리가
- mokso-ri-ga — Voice (subject marker); the sound of speaking
- 오기
- o-gi — Coming; the act of arriving or returning
- 그것은
- geugeot-eun — That thing (topic marker); referring to something
- 오직
- ojik — Only; solely; exclusively for one purpose
- 그들
- geudeul — They; them; a group of people mentioned
- 둘만의
- dul-man-ui — Belonging only to the two of them
- 시간이었다
- sigan-ieossda — Was a time; it was their special moment
- 정원
- jeongwon — Garden; an outdoor space with plants and flowers
- 안에서
- ane-seo — Inside; within a space or enclosed area
- 하루가
- haru-ga — A day (subject marker); one full day
- 그들을
- geudeul-eul — Them (object marker); referring to a group
- 부드럽게
- budeureopge — Gently; softly; in a tender or delicate manner
- 감싸며
- gamssam-yeo — Wrapping around; enveloping and also continuing
- 저물어가는
- jeomureo-ganeun — Gradually fading; the day slowly coming to end
- 가끔
- gakkeum — Sometimes; occasionally; not very frequently
- 현관에서
- hyeongwan-eseo — At the entrance; from the front door area
- 이
- i — This; a demonstrative adjective indicating nearby thing
- 모습을
- moseup-eul — Appearance; figure (object marker); one's visible form
- 말없이
- mal-eopsi — Silently; without words; saying nothing at all
- 바라보았다
- baraboan-da — Gazed at; looked at something from a distance
- 그녀는
- geunyeo-neun — She (topic marker); referring to a female subject
- 그것이
- geugeot-i — That thing (subject marker); referring to something
- 자신이
- jasin-i — Oneself (subject marker); referring to one's own self
- 알아볼
- arab-ol — To recognize; to identify something or someone
- 수
- su — Ability; possibility; can do (used with verbs)
- 있는
- inneun — Existing; present; a modifier meaning 'that is there'
- 어떤
- eotteon — Some kind of; a certain type of thing
- 사랑이라고
- sarang-irago — Saying it is love; calling it a form of love
- 생각했다
- saenggak-aessda — Thought; considered; had a particular opinion
- 오로지
- oroji — Solely; purely; only one thing and nothing else
- 다른
- dareun — Other; different; another person or thing
- 존재를
- jonjae-reul — Being; existence (object marker); a living entity
- 중심으로
- jungsim-euro — Centered on; around a central point or focus
- 스스로를
- seuseu-ro-reul — Oneself (object marker); by and for one's own self
- 조직하는
- jojik-haneun — Organizing; structuring; arranging around a center
- 사랑
- sarang — Love; deep affection between people
- 곁에
- gyeote — Beside; next to; at the side of someone
- 것
- geot — Thing; the act of; a nominalizing particle
- 외에는
- oe-e-neun — Other than; besides; except for something else
- 아무것도
- amugeopdo — Nothing at all; not anything whatsoever
- 바라지
- baraji — Not wishing for; not desiring anything more
- 않는
- anneun — Not doing; a negation modifier for verbs
- 그저
- geujeo — Simply; just; merely; nothing more than that
- 돌아오는
- dora-oneun — Returning; coming back to a place or person
- 행위
- haengwi — Act; action; a deliberate deed or behavior
- 가장
- gajang — Most; the superlative degree; the highest level
- 완전한
- wanjeonhan — Complete; perfect; fully whole without any flaw
- 표현을
- pyohyeon-eul — Expression (object marker); a way of showing feeling
- 찾는
- channeun — Seeking; looking for; trying to find something
- 그녀
- geunyeo — She; her; a third-person female pronoun
- 자신도
- jasin-do — Even oneself; also one's own self
- 한때
- hantae — Once; at one time; in the past
- 그와
- geu-wa — With him; together with that person
- 비슷한
- biseushan — Similar; resembling; comparable to something else
- 감정을
- gamjeong-eul — Emotion (object marker); a feeling or sentiment
- 느낀
- neukin — Felt; having experienced a certain emotion
- 적이
- jeogi — An experience of (subject marker); having once done
- 있었다
- isseossda — There was; existed; had been (past tense)
- 이제는
- ije-neun — Now (topic marker); at this point in time
- 없는
- eomneun — Not existing; absent; no longer present
- 사람들을
- saramdeul-eul — People (object marker); a group of human beings
- 향해
- hyanghae — Toward; in the direction of someone or something
- 그것을
- geugeot-eul — That thing (object marker); referring to something
- 이해했다
- ihaehaeassda — Understood; comprehended; came to know something
- 그들이
- geudeul-i — They (subject marker); a group as the subject
- 누리도록
- nuridorok — So that they may enjoy; allowing enjoyment of something
- 내버려
- naebeolyeo — Left alone; let be; allowed without interference
- 두었다
- dueossda — Left it; kept it in a state (past tense)
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