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And now, O Oedipus, our peerless king,

그리고 이제, 오 오이디푸스여, 우리의 비할 데 없는 왕이시여,

All we thy votaries beseech thee, find

당신의 모든 숭배자들이 간청하오니, 찾아주소서

Some succor, whether by a voice from heaven

어떤 구원을, 하늘로부터의 목소리이든

Whispered, or haply known by human wit.

속삭임이든, 혹은 인간의 지혜로 알려진 것이든.

Tried counselors, methinks, are aptest found1

경험 많은 조언자들이야말로, 내 생각에는, 가장 적합하게 발견되나니

To furnish for the future pregnant rede.

미래를 위한 풍요로운 지혜를 제공하기에.

Upraise, O chief of men, upraise our State!

일으켜 세우소서, 오 인간들의 수장이시여, 우리 나라를 일으켜 세우소서!

Look to thy laurels! for thy zeal of yore

당신의 명성을 지키소서! 옛날의 당신의 열정으로

Our country's savior thou art justly hailed:

우리 나라의 구원자로 당신은 정당하게 칭송받았나니:

O never may we thus record thy reign:—

오 우리가 결코 이렇게 당신의 치세를 기록하지 않기를:—

"He raised us up only to cast us down."

"그는 우리를 일으켜 세웠다가 다시 쓰러뜨렸노라."

Uplift us, build our city on a rock.

우리를 들어올리소서, 우리 도시를 반석 위에 세우소서.

Thy happy star ascendant brought us luck,

당신의 행복한 별이 상승하여 우리에게 행운을 가져다주었으니,

O let it not decline! If thou wouldst rule

오 그것이 기울지 않게 하소서! 만약 당신이 다스리고자 하신다면

This land, as now thou reignest, better sure

이 땅을, 지금 당신이 통치하듯이, 분명 더 나으리니

To rule a peopled than a desert realm.

황폐한 왕국보다는 사람이 사는 왕국을 다스리는 것이.

Nor battlements nor galleys aught avail,

성벽도 갤리선도 아무 소용이 없나니,

If men to man and guards to guard them tail.

사람들이 사람을 지키고 경비대가 그들을 지킬 자가 없다면.

OEDIPUS.

오이디푸스.

Ah! my poor children, known, ah, known too well,

아! 나의 가여운 백성들이여, 알고 있노라, 아, 너무나도 잘 알고 있노라,

The quest that brings you hither and your need.

그대들을 이곳으로 이끈 탐구와 그대들의 필요를.

Ye sicken all, well wot I, yet my pain,

그대들 모두 병들어 있음을, 잘 알고 있노라, 그러나 나의 고통은,

How great soever yours, outtops it all.

그대들의 것이 아무리 크다 할지라도, 그 모든 것을 능가하노라.

Your sorrow touches each man severally,

그대들의 슬픔은 각자에게 개별적으로 닿으나,

Him and none other, but I grieve at once

그 사람과 다른 누구도 아니지만, 나는 한꺼번에 슬퍼하노라

Both for the general and myself and you.

나라 전체와 나 자신과 그대들 모두를 위하여.

Therefore ye rouse no sluggard from day-dreams.

그러므로 그대들은 몽상에서 게으름뱅이를 깨우는 것이 아니노라.

Many, my children, are the tears I've wept,

많노라, 나의 백성들이여, 내가 흘린 눈물이,

And threaded many a maze of weary thought.

그리고 지친 생각의 수많은 미로를 헤매었노라.

Vocabulary

그리고
geurigo — Conjunction meaning 'and' connecting words or clauses.
이제
ije — Adverb meaning 'now' or 'from this point on'.
o — Exclamation expressing surprise, admiration, or address.
우리의
uri-ui — Possessive pronoun meaning 'our'.
비할
bihal — Verbal form meaning 'to compare' or 'comparable to'.
de — Bound noun indicating a place, situation, or circumstance.
없는
eomneun — Adjective meaning 'without' or 'nonexistent'.
당신의
dangsin-ui — Formal possessive pronoun meaning 'your'.
모든
modeun — Determiner meaning 'all' or 'every'.
숭배자들이
sungbaejadul-i — Noun meaning 'worshippers' or 'devotees', subject marker.
간청하오니
gancheong-haoni — Verb meaning 'to earnestly beseech or implore'.
찾아주소서
chaj-ajusoseo — Honorific imperative meaning 'please find or seek'.
어떤
eotteon — Determiner meaning 'any' or 'some kind of'.
구원을
guwon-eul — Noun meaning 'salvation' or 'rescue', object marker.
하늘로부터의
haneullobuteo-ui — Phrase meaning 'from the sky' or 'from heaven'.
목소리이든
moksorii-deun — Noun meaning 'voice', with inclusive conditional particle.
속삭임이든
soksakim-ideun — Noun meaning 'whisper', with inclusive conditional particle.
혹은
hogeun — Conjunction meaning 'or' offering an alternative.
인간의
ingan-ui — Possessive phrase meaning 'of humans' or 'human'.
지혜로
jihyero — Noun meaning 'wisdom', with instrumental particle.
알려진
allyeojin — Adjective meaning 'known' or 'made known'.
것이든
geot-ideun — Bound noun 'thing' with inclusive conditional particle.
경험
gyeonghyeom — Noun meaning 'experience'.
많은
maneun — Adjective meaning 'many' or 'much'.
조언자들이야말로
joeonjadul-iyamallo — Noun 'advisors' with emphatic topic particle 'indeed'.
nae — First-person possessive pronoun meaning 'my'.
생각에는
saenggage-neun — Noun 'thought/opinion' with topic particle, meaning 'in my opinion'.
가장
gajang — Adverb meaning 'most' or 'the best'.
적합하게
jeokhaphage — Adverb meaning 'suitably' or 'appropriately'.
미래를
mirae-reul — Noun meaning 'future', with object marker.
위한
wihan — Postposition meaning 'for the sake of'.
풍요로운
pungyoroun — Adjective meaning 'abundant' or 'rich'.
지혜를
jihye-reul — Noun meaning 'wisdom', with object marker.
제공하기에
jegonghaggie — Verb meaning 'to provide or offer', nominalized form.
일으켜
ireukkyeo — Verb meaning 'to raise up' or 'to lift'.
인간들의
ingandeur-ui — Possessive phrase meaning 'of humans' or 'of people'.
나라를
nara-reul — Noun meaning 'country' or 'nation', with object marker.
명성을
myeongseong-eul — Noun meaning 'fame' or 'reputation', with object marker.
옛날의
yennarel-ui — Noun meaning 'old times' or 'the past', possessive.
열정으로
yeoljeong-euro — Noun meaning 'passion' or 'zeal', with instrumental particle.
나라의
nara-ui — Possessive phrase meaning 'of the country' or 'national'.
구원자로
guweonjaro — Noun meaning 'savior' or 'rescuer', with role particle.
당신은
dangsin-eun — Formal second-person pronoun 'you', with topic marker.
정당하게
jeongdanghage — Adverb meaning 'rightfully' or 'justly'.
우리가
uri-ga — First-person plural pronoun 'we', with subject marker.
결코
gyeolko — Adverb meaning 'never' or 'by no means'.
이렇게
ireoke — Adverb meaning 'like this' or 'in this way'.
기록하지
girokaji — Verb meaning 'to record or document', negated form.
않기를
angi-reul — Negative verb ending expressing a wish not to do something.
그는
geu-neun — Third-person pronoun 'he', with topic marker.
우리를
uri-reul — First-person plural 'us', with object marker.
세웠다가
seeweotdaga — Verb 'raised up' followed by reversal, 'but then'.
다시
dasi — Adverb meaning 'again' or 'once more'.
도시를
dosi-reul — Noun meaning 'city', with object marker.
반석
banseok — Noun meaning 'bedrock' or 'solid foundation'.
위에
wie — Postposition meaning 'on top of' or 'above'.
행복한
haengbokhan — Adjective meaning 'happy' or 'fortunate'.
별이
byeori — Noun meaning 'star', with subject marker.
상승하여
sangseunghayeo — Verb meaning 'having risen' or 'ascending'.
우리에게
uri-ege — Dative phrase meaning 'to us' or 'for us'.
행운을
haengun-eul — Noun meaning 'good luck' or 'fortune', object marker.
가져다주었으니
gajyeodajueosseunikka — Verb meaning 'brought and gave', causal connective form.
그것이
geugeos-i — Third-person pronoun 'it', with subject marker.
기울지
giulji — Verb meaning 'to tilt or decline', negated form.
않게
ange — Negative connective meaning 'so as not to'.
만약
manyak — Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'supposing that'.
당신이
dangsin-i — Formal second-person pronoun 'you', subject marker.
다스리고자
daseuri-goja — Verb meaning 'wishing to rule or govern'.
하신다면
hasindamyeon — Honorific conditional meaning 'if you intend to do'.
i — Demonstrative meaning 'this'.
땅을
ttang-eul — Noun meaning 'land' or 'earth', with object marker.
지금
jigeum — Adverb meaning 'now' or 'at this moment'.
통치하듯이
tongchihaduji — Verb meaning 'just as you rule or govern'.
분명
bunmyeong — Adverb meaning 'clearly' or 'certainly'.
deo — Adverb meaning 'more' used in comparisons.
황폐한
hwangpyehan — Adjective meaning 'desolate' or 'devastated'.
왕국보다는
wangguk-bodaneun — Noun 'kingdom' with comparative particle 'rather than'.
사람이
saram-i — Noun meaning 'person' or 'people', subject marker.
사는
saneun — Verb meaning 'living' or 'inhabited'.
왕국을
wangguk-eul — Noun meaning 'kingdom', with object marker.
다스리는
daseuri-neun — Verb meaning 'ruling' or 'governing', present modifier.
것이
geosi — Bound noun 'thing' with subject marker.
성벽도
seongbyeok-do — Noun meaning 'city wall', with inclusive particle 'also'.
아무
amu — Pronoun meaning 'any' or 'no' used with negation.
소용이
soyong-i — Noun meaning 'use' or 'purpose', subject marker.
사람들이
saramdeul-i — Noun meaning 'people', plural, with subject marker.
사람을
saram-eul — Noun meaning 'person', with object marker.
지키고
jikigo — Verb meaning 'to guard or protect', connective form.
경비대가
gyeongbidae-ga — Noun meaning 'guard unit' or 'garrison', subject marker.
그들을
Third-person plural pronoun 'them', with object marker.
지킬
jikil — Verb meaning 'to guard or keep', future modifier form.
자가
jaga — Noun meaning 'person who does', with subject marker.
없다면
eopdamyeon — Conditional meaning 'if there is no one'.
a — Exclamation expressing emotion, surprise, or realization.
나의
naui — First-person possessive pronoun meaning 'my'.
가여운
gayeoun — Adjective meaning 'pitiful' or 'poor' with compassion.
알고
algo — Verb meaning 'knowing', connective form of 알다.
너무나도
neomunado — Adverb meaning 'far too much' or 'exceedingly'.
jal — Adverb meaning 'well' or 'skillfully'.
이곳으로
igot-euro — Demonstrative phrase meaning 'to this place' or 'here'.
이끈
ikkeun — Verb meaning 'led' or 'guided', past modifier form.
탐구와
tamgu-wa — Noun meaning 'inquiry' or 'quest', with conjunctive particle.
필요를
pilyo-reul — Noun meaning 'need' or 'necessity', with object marker.
모두
modu — Adverb meaning 'all' or 'everyone'.
병들어
byeongdeul-eo — Verb meaning 'fallen ill' or 'become sick'.
있음을
isseum-eul — Nominalized verb 'being', with object marker.
그러나
geureona — Conjunction meaning 'however' or 'but'.
고통은
gotong-eun — Noun meaning 'pain' or 'suffering', with topic marker.
아무리
amuri — Adverb meaning 'no matter how' used with concession.
크다
keuda — Adjective meaning 'big' or 'great'.
할지라도
haljilado — Concessive ending meaning 'even though' or 'even if'.
geu — Demonstrative meaning 'that' or third-person 'he/the'.
것을
geoseul — Bound noun 'thing', with object marker.
슬픔은
seulpeum-eun — Noun meaning 'sorrow' or 'grief', with topic marker.
각자에게
gakja-ege — Pronoun phrase meaning 'to each individual person'.
개별적으로
gaebyeoljeok-euro — Adverb meaning 'individually' or 'separately'.
닿으나
dajeuna — Verb meaning 'reaches' or 'touches', with contrast ending.
사람과
saram-gwa — Noun 'person' with conjunctive particle meaning 'and person'.
다른
dareun — Adjective meaning 'different' or 'other'.
누구도
nugu-do — Pronoun meaning 'nobody' or 'no one', with particle.
아니지만
anijiman — Negative verb 'is not', with contrast conjunction 'but'.
나는
naneun — First-person singular pronoun 'I', with topic marker.
한꺼번에
hankkeobeone — Adverb meaning 'all at once' or 'simultaneously'.
나라
nara — Noun meaning 'country' or 'nation'.
전체와
jeonche-wa — Noun meaning 'the whole', with conjunctive particle 'and'.
자신과
jasin-gwa — Reflexive pronoun 'oneself', with conjunctive particle.
위하여
wihayeo — Postposition meaning 'for the sake of'.
그러므로
geureomeuro — Conjunction meaning 'therefore' or 'thus'.
몽상에서
mongsang-eseo — Noun meaning 'daydream' or 'reverie', with locative particle.
게으름뱅이를
geeureum-baengi-reul — Noun meaning 'lazy person' or 'idler', with object marker.
깨우는
kkaeunun — Verb meaning 'waking up', present modifier form.
내가
naega — First-person singular 'I', with subject marker.
흘린
heullin — Verb meaning 'shed' or 'spilled', past modifier form.
눈물이
nunmul-i — Noun meaning 'tears', with subject marker.
지친
jichin — Adjective meaning 'exhausted' or 'weary'.
생각의
saenggak-ui — Noun meaning 'thought', with possessive particle.
수많은
sumaneun — Adjective meaning 'countless' or 'innumerable'.
미로를
miro-reul — Noun meaning 'maze' or 'labyrinth', with object marker.
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