Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 5
The portionless, who struggle with no such unnecessary inherited encumbrances, find it labor enough to subdue and cultivate a few cubic feet of flesh.
그러한 불필요한 상속된 부담을 전혀 지지 않고 분투하는 무일푼의 사람들은, 몇 입방 피트의 살덩이를 억제하고 가꾸는 것만으로도 충분한 노동이라고 여긴다.
But men labor under a mistake.
그러나 사람들은 착각 속에서 수고한다.
The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost.
사람의 더 나은 부분은 곧 퇴비가 되어 흙 속으로 갈려 들어간다.
By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity, they are employed, as it says in an old book, laying up treasures which moth and rust will corrupt and thieves break through and steal.
흔히 필연이라 불리는 겉보기의 운명에 의해, 그들은 오래된 책에 쓰여 있듯이, 좀과 녹이 썩게 하고 도둑이 뚫고 들어와 훔쳐 갈 보물을 쌓는 일에 종사한다.
It is a fool's life, as they will find when they get to the end of it, if not before.
그것은 어리석은 자의 삶이니, 그들은 그 끝에 이르렀을 때, 아니 그 전에라도 그것을 깨닫게 될 것이다.
It is said that Deucalion and Pyrrha created men by throwing stones over their heads behind them:—
데우칼리온과 피라가 돌을 머리 뒤로 던져 인간을 창조했다고 전해진다:—
Inde genus durum sumus, experiensque laborum, Et documenta damus quâ simus origine nati.
Inde genus durum sumus, experiensque laborum, Et documenta damus quâ simus origine nati.
Or, as Raleigh rhymes it in his sonorous way,—
혹은 롤리가 그의 웅장한 방식으로 운율을 맞추듯이,—
"From thence our kind hard-hearted is, enduring pain and care, Approving that our bodies of a stony nature are."
"그로부터 우리 인류는 냉혹하게 되어, 고통과 근심을 견디며, 우리의 몸이 돌의 본성을 지님을 증명한다."
So much for a blind obedience to a blundering oracle, throwing the stones over their heads behind them, and not seeing where they fell.
이것이 바로 그릇된 신탁에 맹목적으로 복종하여, 돌을 머리 뒤로 던지면서도 그것이 어디에 떨어지는지 보지 않은 결과이다.
Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them.
대부분의 사람들은, 이 비교적 자유로운 나라에서조차, 순전한 무지와 착각으로 인해, 삶의 인위적인 근심과 지나치게 거친 노동에 너무나 사로잡혀 있어서 삶의 더 고운 열매를 따지 못한다.
Their fingers, from excessive toil, are too clumsy and tremble too much for that.
과도한 노동으로 인해 그들의 손가락은 너무 굳어 있고 너무 많이 떨려 그럴 수가 없다.
Vocabulary
- 그러한
- geureuhan — Such, of that kind or nature
- 불필요한
- bulpiryohan — Unnecessary, not needed or required
- 상속된
- sangsokdoen — Inherited, passed down from previous generations
- 부담을
- budameul — Burden (object marker), a heavy obligation or load
- 전혀
- jeonhyeo — Not at all, completely without exception
- 지지
- jiji — Support, backing, or encouragement for someone
- 않고
- anko — Without doing, negating and continuing to next clause
- 분투하는
- buntuhaneun — Struggling, fighting hard against difficulties
- 무일푼의
- muipunui — Penniless, having absolutely no money whatsoever
- 사람들은
- saramdeureun — People (topic marker), referring to persons generally
- 몇
- myeot — A few, several, an unspecified small number
- 입방
- ipbang — Cubic, relating to three-dimensional volume measurement
- 살덩이를
- saldeongireul — Flesh, a chunk or mass of bodily meat
- 억제하고
- eokjehago — Suppressing and, controlling or restraining something
- 가꾸는
- gakkuneun — Tending, cultivating, or nurturing something carefully
- 것만으로도
- geotmaneuroedo — Even just by doing that alone is enough
- 충분한
- chungbunhan — Sufficient, adequate, or enough for the purpose
- 노동이라고
- nodongirago — Calling it labor, referring to it as work
- 여긴다
- yeoginda — Considers, regards, or thinks of as something
- 그러나
- geureona — However, but, used to introduce a contrast
- 착각
- chakgak — Illusion, mistaken perception or false belief
- 속에서
- sogeso — Inside, within, in the middle of something
- 수고한다
- sugohanda — Toils, labors hard with great effort and trouble
- 사람의
- saramui — Person's, possessive form referring to a human
- 더
- deo — More, to a greater degree or extent
- 나은
- naen — Better, superior or improved compared to before
- 부분은
- bubbuneun — Part (topic marker), a portion or section of something
- 곧
- got — Soon, shortly, before long in time
- 퇴비가
- toebiga — Compost (subject marker), decomposed organic fertilizer material
- 되어
- doeo — Becoming, transitioning into a different state
- 흙
- heuk — Soil, earth, dirt found in the ground
- 속으로
- sogeuro — Into, moving toward the inside of something
- 갈려
- gallyeo — Being ground up, crushed finely into pieces
- 들어간다
- deureoganda — Enters, goes into or inside something
- 흔히
- heunhi — Commonly, often, frequently in everyday experience
- 필연이라
- piryeonira — Called necessity, referring to something as inevitable fate
- 불리는
- bullineun — Called, named, or referred to as something
- 겉보기의
- geotbogiui — Apparent, seeming on the surface or outwardly
- 운명에
- unmyeonge — To fate, toward or concerning one's destiny
- 의해
- uihae — By means of, due to, caused by something
- 그들은
- geudeureun — They (topic marker), referring to those people
- 오래된
- oraedoen — Old, aged, having existed for a long time
- 책에
- chaege — In a book, within written pages of text
- 쓰여
- sseuryeo — Written, recorded in written form somewhere
- 있듯이
- itdeusi — Just as it is written or stated somewhere
- 좀과
- jomgwa — Moth and, small insect that damages stored goods
- 녹이
- nogi — Rust (subject marker), oxidized corrosion on metal
- 썩게
- sseokge — Causing to rot or decay completely away
- 하고
- hago — Doing and, connecting two actions together
- 도둑이
- doduki — Thief (subject marker), a person who steals things
- 뚫고
- ttulko — Breaking through, piercing and continuing to next action
- 들어와
- deureowa — Coming in, entering a place from outside
- 훔쳐
- humchyeo — Stealing, taking something that belongs to another
- 갈
- gal — Will go, future tense of going somewhere
- 보물을
- bomureul — Treasure (object marker), precious or valuable stored items
- 쌓는
- ssahneun — Accumulating, piling up or stacking things together
- 일에
- ire — In the work of, engaged in a task
- 종사한다
- jongsahanda — Engages in, is occupied with a particular work
- 그것은
- geugeoseun — That (topic marker), referring to something previously mentioned
- 어리석은
- eoriseokeun — Foolish, lacking wisdom or good judgment
- 자의
- jaui — Person's, possessive referring to a certain individual
- 삶이니
- salmini — It is the life of, concluding about a lifestyle
- 그
- geu — That, referring to something previously mentioned
- 끝에
- kkeute — At the end, at the conclusion or final point
- 이르렀을
- ireureosseul — Having arrived at, having reached a certain point
- 때
- ttae — Time, when, the moment something occurs
- 아니
- ani — No, not, used for negation or contradiction
- 전에라도
- jeoneraldo — Even before, prior to a certain time or event
- 그것을
- geugeoseul — That (object marker), referring to something mentioned before
- 깨닫게
- kkaedatge — Come to realize, reach understanding or awareness of something
- 될
- doel — Will become, future potential transformation or change
- 것이다
- geosida — It is the case that, asserting a fact
- 돌을
- doreul — Stone (object marker), a hard rock or pebble
- 머리
- meori — Head, the upper part of the human body
- 뒤로
- dwiro — Behind, toward the back direction
- 던져
- deonjyeo — Throwing, casting an object through the air
- 인간을
- inganeul — Humans (object marker), mankind or human beings generally
- 창조했다고
- changjohaeudago — It is said they created, reporting act of creation
- 전해진다
- jeonhaejinda — Is transmitted, handed down as tradition or legend
- 혹은
- hogeun — Or, alternatively, used to present another option
- 그의
- geuui — His, possessive pronoun referring to a male person
- 웅장한
- ungjanghan — Grand, magnificent, majestic in scale or style
- 방식으로
- bangsigEuro — In the manner of, in a particular style or way
- 운율을
- unyureul — Rhyme (object marker), rhythmic pattern in poetry
- 맞추듯이
- matchudeusi — Just as one fits or matches rhythm in verse
- 그로부터
- geurobuto — From that, from him or from that point onward
- 우리
- uri — We, our, first person plural pronoun
- 인류는
- inlyuneun — Humankind (topic marker), all of humanity as a whole
- 냉혹하게
- naenghokage — Harshly, coldly, without mercy or compassion
- 고통과
- gotonggwa — Pain and, suffering combined with another noun
- 근심을
- geunsimeul — Worry (object marker), anxiety or concern about something
- 견디며
- gyeondimyeo — Enduring while, bearing hardship and continuing on
- 우리의
- uriui — Our, possessive form of the first person plural
- 몸이
- momi — Body (subject marker), the physical human form
- 돌의
- dorui — Stone's, possessive referring to the nature of rock
- 본성을
- bonseongEul — Nature (object marker), inherent character or essence of something
- 지님을
- jinimeul — Possessing (object marker), having or holding a quality
- 증명한다
- jeungmyeonghanda — Proves, demonstrates or confirms a fact or truth
- 이것이
- igeosi — This (subject marker), referring to what was just stated
- 바로
- baro — Exactly, precisely, right at this very point
- 그릇된
- geureotdoen — Mistaken, wrong, based on a false premise
- 신탁에
- sintake — To the oracle, toward a divine or prophetic pronouncement
- 맹목적으로
- maengmokjeogEuro — Blindly, without questioning or thinking critically
- 복종하여
- bokjonghayeo — Obeying, submitting and complying with authority or command
- 던지면서도
- deonjimyeonseodo — Even while throwing, casting despite the circumstance
- 그것이
- geugeosi — That (subject marker), referring to something previously mentioned
- 어디에
- eodie — Where, at what place or location something lands
- 떨어지는지
- tteoreojineUnji — Whether it falls, indirect question about landing place
- 보지
- boji — Not seeing, failing to observe or notice something
- 않은
- aneun — Did not, negative modifier for a past action
- 결과이다
- gyeolgwaida — Is the result, this is the outcome or consequence
- 대부분의
- daebubunui — Most of, the majority portion of something
- 이
- i — This, a demonstrative pronoun for nearby things
- 비교적
- bigyojeok — Relatively, comparatively speaking in relation to others
- 자유로운
- jayuroun — Free, enjoying liberty and independence from constraints
- 나라에서조차
- naraeseojoCha — Even in a country, including within a free nation
- 순전한
- Pure, sheer, complete without any mixture or doubt
- 무지와
- mujigwa — Ignorance and, lack of knowledge combined with another
- 착각으로
- chakgagEuro — Due to illusion, because of mistaken perception
- 인해
- inhae — Due to, because of, caused by something
- 삶의
- salmui — Life's, possessive referring to aspects of living
- 인위적인
- inwuijegin — Artificial, man-made, not naturally occurring
- 근심과
- geunsimgwa — Worry and, anxiety combined with another concern
- 지나치게
- jinachige — Excessively, too much, beyond a reasonable degree
- 거친
- geochin — Rough, coarse, harsh in texture or nature
- 노동에
- nodонge — In labor, engaged in hard physical toil
- 너무나
- neomuna — So very, extremely, to an overwhelming degree
- 사로잡혀
- sarojabbyeo — Captured by, completely seized or consumed by something
- 있어서
- isseoseo — Because of being in, due to a state
- 고운
- goun — Fine, delicate, soft and beautiful in quality
- 열매를
- yeolmaereul — Fruit (object marker), the produce or result of effort
- 따지
- ttaji — Not pluck, failing to pick or gather fruit
- 못한다
- mothanda — Cannot do, is unable to perform an action
- 과도한
- gwadohan — Excessive, more than what is needed or appropriate
- 노동으로
- nodongEuro — Due to labor, because of hard physical work
- 그들의
- geudeului — Their, possessive pronoun for a group of people
- 손가락은
- songaragEun — Fingers (topic marker), the digits of the human hand
- 너무
- neomu — Too, excessively, more than the proper amount
- 굳어
- gudeo — Having hardened, becoming stiff and rigid over time
- 있고
- itgo — Is and, existing while connecting to next clause
- 많이
- mani — A lot, much, to a great degree or quantity
- 떨려
- tteollyeo — Trembling, shaking uncontrollably due to some cause
- 그럴
- geureol — To do so, referring to doing that action
- 수가
- suga — Ability (subject marker), the capacity to do something
- 없다
- eopda — There is not, expressing absence or inability
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