The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 4
In cloud of clay so cast to heaven
하늘로 던져진 흙먼지 구름 속에서
What shape shall man discern?
인간은 어떤 형상을 분별할 수 있으랴?
These lords may light the mystery
이 군주들은 그 신비를 밝힐 수 있으리니
Of mastery or victory,
지배의 신비 혹은 승리의 신비를,
And these ride high in history,
이들은 역사 속에서 높이 달리지만,
But these shall not return.
그러나 이들은 돌아오지 않으리라.
Gored on the Norman gonfalon
노르만의 군기에 찔린 채로
The Golden Dragon died:
황금 용은 죽었노라:
We shall not wake with ballad strings
우리는 발라드의 현으로 깨우지 못하리
The good time of the smaller things,
작고 소박한 것들의 좋았던 시절을,
We shall not see the holy kings
우리는 성스러운 왕들이
Ride down by Severn side.
세번 강 기슭을 말 달리는 것을 보지 못하리.
Stiff, strange, and quaintly coloured
뻣뻣하고, 낯설고, 기묘하게 채색된
As the broidery of Bayeux
바이외의 자수처럼
The England of that dawn remains,
그 새벽녘의 잉글랜드가 남아 있으니,
And this of Alfred and the Danes
알프레드와 덴마크인들의 이 이야기는
Seems like the tales a whole tribe feigns
온 종족이 꾸며낸 이야기처럼 보이니
Too English to be true.
너무나 잉글랜드적이어서 진실이라 하기 어렵도다.
Of a good king on an island
한 섬을 다스린 선한 왕에 관한,
That ruled once on a time;
옛날 옛적에 다스렸던 왕에 관한;
And as he walked by an apple tree
그가 사과나무 곁을 거닐고 있을 때
There came green devils out of the sea
바다에서 초록빛 악마들이 나타나
With sea-plants trailing heavily
바다 식물을 무겁게 끌며
And tracks of opal slime.
오팔빛 점액의 흔적을 남기며.
Yet Alfred is no fairy tale;
그러나 알프레드는 동화 속 인물이 아니라;
His days as our days ran,
그의 날들은 우리의 날들처럼 흘렀으니,
He also looked forth for an hour
그 또한 잠시 동안 바라보았노라
On peopled plains and skies that lower,
사람들로 가득한 평원과 어두운 하늘을,
From those few windows in the tower
탑 위의 몇 안 되는 그 창문들로부터
That is the head of a man.
그것은 곧 인간의 머리이니.
But who shall look from Alfred's hood
그러나 누가 알프레드의 두건으로부터 바라보며
Or breathe his breath alive?
그의 숨결을 살아서 호흡할 수 있으랴?
His century like a small dark cloud
그의 세기는 작고 어두운 구름처럼
Drifts far; it is an eyeless crowd,
멀리 흘러가노라; 그것은 눈 없는 군중이라,
Where the tortured trumpets scream aloud
고통받는 나팔들이 크게 울부짖고
And the dense arrows drive.
촘촘한 화살들이 몰아치는 곳에서.
Vocabulary
- 하늘로
- haneul-lo — Upward toward the sky, in a heavenward direction
- 던져진
- deonjyeojin — Thrown, cast, or hurled into something
- 흙먼지
- heungmeonji — Dust and dirt rising from the ground
- 구름
- gureum — Cloud, mass of water vapor in sky
- 속에서
- sog-eseo — From within, inside of something
- 인간은
- ingan-eun — Humans, mankind (topic marker attached)
- 어떤
- eotteon — What kind of, some sort of
- 형상을
- hyeongsang-eul — Shape, form, or figure of something
- 분별할
- bunbyeolhal — To discern, distinguish, or make out
- 수
- su — Ability or possibility to do something
- 이
- i — This, these (demonstrative determiner)
- 군주들은
- gunjudeul-eun — The rulers, lords, or monarchs (plural)
- 그
- geu — That, the (third-person demonstrative)
- 신비를
- sinbi-reul — Mystery, secret, or mystical truth
- 밝힐
- balkil — To reveal, illuminate, or make clear
- 지배의
- jibae-ui — Of domination, rule, or control
- 신비
- sinbi — Mystery, enigma, or mystical secret
- 혹은
- hogeun — Or, alternatively, otherwise
- 승리의
- seungni-ui — Of victory, triumph, or conquest
- 신비를,
- sinbi-reul — Mystery or secret (object marker, comma)
- 이들은
- ideul-eun — These people, these ones (plural subject)
- 역사
- yeoksa — History, historical record or account
- 높이
- nopi — Highly, at great height, loftily
- 달리지만,
- dalliji-man — Run or ride fast, but (contrast)
- 그러나
- geureona — However, but, nevertheless
- 돌아오지
- dor-aoji — Not returning, failing to come back
- 찔린
- jjillin — Stabbed, pierced, or pricked by something
- 채로
- chaero — While remaining in that state, as is
- 황금
- hwanggeum — Gold, golden (precious metal or color)
- 용은
- yong-eun — The dragon (topic marker attached)
- 우리는
- uri-neun — We, us (first person plural subject)
- 현으로
- hyeon-euro — With strings, by means of a string
- 깨우지
- kkaeji — Not awakening or rousing something
- 못하리
- mothari — Will be unable to, cannot (future)
- 작고
- jakgo — Small and (connective form of small)
- 소박한
- sobakhan — Simple, plain, and unpretentious
- 것들의
- geotdeul-ui — Of things, belonging to those things
- 좋았던
- joassdeon — The good old, formerly pleasant times
- 시절을,
- sijeol-eul — Era, period, or days of a time
- 성스러운
- seongseureo-un — Holy, sacred, or saintly in nature
- 왕들이
- wangdeul-i — The kings (plural subject marker)
- 세번
- se beon — Three times, thrice
- 강
- gang — River, large flowing body of water
- 기슭을
- giseuk-eul — The bank, shore, or foot of something
- 말
- mal — Horse, equine animal
- 달리는
- dallineun — Running, galloping (present participle)
- 것을
- geot-eul — The act or thing (object nominalizer)
- 보지
- boji — Not seeing or witnessing something
- 못하리.
- mothari — Will be unable to see (future negative)
- 뻣뻣하고,
- ppeoppeopago — Stiff, rigid, and inflexible in texture
- 낯설고,
- natseolgo — Unfamiliar, strange, and foreign-feeling
- 기묘하게
- gimyohage — Oddly, strangely, in a peculiar manner
- 채색된
- chaesaengdoen — Colored, painted, or depicted in hues
- 자수처럼
- jasu-cheoreom — Like embroidery or needlework tapestry
- 새벽녘의
- saebyeongnyek-ui — Of the early dawn, at daybreak time
- 남아
- nama — Remaining, staying, left behind
- 있으니,
- iss-euni — Exists, remains (causal connective form)
- 이야기는
- iyagi-neun — The story or tale (topic marker attached)
- 온
- on — All, whole, entire (modifier form)
- 종족이
- jongjok-i — A tribe, race, or ethnic group (subject)
- 꾸며낸
- kkumyeonaen — Made up, fabricated, or invented story
- 이야기처럼
- iyagi-cheoreom — Like a story, as if a tale
- 보이니
- bo-ini — It seems, appears to be (connective)
- 너무나
- neomuna — Far too much, excessively, overly so
- 진실이라
- jinsil-ira — To say it is truth or reality
- 하기
- hagi — To do, doing (verbal nominalization)
- 한
- han — One, a single (numeral determiner)
- 섬을
- seom-eul — An island (object marker attached)
- 다스린
- daseullin — Governed, ruled, or administered (past)
- 선한
- seonhan — Good, virtuous, morally righteous
- 왕에
- wang-e — To or about the king (locative)
- 관한,
- gwanhan — Concerning, regarding, about (something)
- 옛날
- yennal — Long ago, in the old days
- 옛적에
- yetjeok-e — In olden times, once upon a time
- 다스렸던
- daseuryeodeon — Who had ruled or governed (past modifier)
- 관한;
- gwanhan — Concerning, relating to (semicolon follows)
- 그가
- geu-ga — He, that person (subject marker attached)
- 사과나무
- sagwanamu — Apple tree, a fruit-bearing apple plant
- 곁을
- gyeot-eul — Beside, next to, the side of something
- 거닐고
- geonilgo — Strolling, wandering leisurely (connective)
- 있을
- iss-eul — While being, when present (modifier)
- 때
- ttae — Time, moment, when something occurs
- 바다에서
- bada-eseo — From the sea, out of the ocean
- 초록빛
- chorong-bit — Green-colored light or hue, greenish tint
- 악마들이
- akma-deul-i — The devils, demons (plural subject marker)
- 나타나
- natana — Appearing, emerging, coming into view
- 바다
- bada — The sea, ocean, large body of water
- 식물을
- singmul-eul — Plants, vegetation (object marker attached)
- 무겁게
- mugeopge — Heavily, in a heavy or weighty manner
- 끌며
- kkeulmyeo — Dragging, pulling along while doing something
- 흔적을
- heunjeok-eul — A trace, mark, or remnant left behind
- 남기며.
- namgimyeo — Leaving behind while continuing forward
- 동화
- donghwa — Fairy tale, children's fantasy story
- 속
- sok — Inside, within, the interior of something
- 인물이
- inmul-i — A character, figure, or person (subject)
- 아니라;
- anira — Is not, it is not (negation, semicolon)
- 그의
- geu-ui — His, belonging to him (possessive)
- 날들은
- naldeul-eun — The days (plural topic marker attached)
- 우리의
- uri-ui — Our, belonging to us (possessive)
- 날들처럼
- naldeul-cheoreom — Like our days, similar to our times
- 흘렀으니,
- heulleoss-euni — Flowed or passed by (past causal)
- 또한
- ttohan — Also, in addition, furthermore
- 잠시
- jamsi — For a moment, briefly, a short while
- 동안
- dong-an — During, for a period of time
- 사람들로
- saramdeul-lo — With people, filled with human beings
- 가득한
- gadeukan — Full of, filled with, brimming over
- 평원과
- pyeongwon-gwa — A plain, flatland, and (conjunction)
- 어두운
- eoduun — Dark, dim, shadowy in atmosphere
- 하늘을,
- haneul-eul — The sky (object marker, comma follows)
- 탑
- tap — Tower, tall structure or spire
- 위의
- wi-ui — Above, on top of (possessive locative)
- 몇
- myeot — A few, several, how many
- 안
- an — Not, inside, within (negation or location)
- 되는
- doen-eun — That amount to, becoming (modifier form)
- 창문들로부터
- changmundeul-robuteo — From the windows (plural ablative form)
- 그것은
- geugeot-eun — That thing, it (topic marker attached)
- 곧
- got — Soon, immediately, that is to say
- 인간의
- ingan-ui — Of a human being, human (possessive)
- 머리이니.
- meori-ini — It is a head, the human head (declarative)
- 누가
- nuga — Who, which person (subject question)
- 바라보며
- barabomyeo — While gazing or looking out at something
- 숨결을
- sumgyeol-eul — A breath, breathing, whisper of breath
- 살아서
- sara-seo — Being alive, living and therefore doing
- 호흡할
- hoheuphal — To breathe, inhale and exhale air
- 세기는
- segi-neun — The century, era (topic marker attached)
- 구름처럼
- gureum-cheoreom — Like clouds, resembling drifting clouds
- 멀리
- meolli — Far away, in the distance, afar
- 눈
- nun — Eyes, or snow (context: eyes here)
- 없는
- eomneun — Without, lacking, not having something
- 군중이라,
- gunjung-ira — It is a crowd, throng of people
- 고통받는
- gotong-badneun — Suffering, enduring pain or anguish
- 나팔들이
- napal-deul-i — The trumpets, horns (plural subject)
- 크게
- keuge — Loudly, greatly, in a large manner
- 울부짖고
- ulbujitgo — Wailing, crying out loudly (connective)
- 촘촘한
- chomchomhan — Dense, thick, tightly packed together
- 화살들이
- hwasal-deul-i — The arrows (plural subject marker attached)
- 몰아치는
- morachineun — Driving, surging, or rushing fiercely
- 곳에서
- got-eseo — From a place, at a location where
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