An Elegy for a Fallen Monitor
— A Lament Inspired by the Classical Korean “Jochimmun” (弔針文, 조침문)
In Mourning for a Broken Monitor
Once you were a bright window where the whole world shone;
today a curtain falls, and all my thoughts are gone.
Ten years beside me, and the fondness lingers still;
one dawn your light went out, and tears my collar fill.
螢幕弔詞 (형막조사)
— 고장 난 모니터를 애도하며
昔日明窓照萬象 (석일명창조만상)
今日黑幕斷千思 (금일흑막단천사)
十年相伴情猶在 (십년상반정유재)
一朝無光淚滿衣 (일조무광루만의)
- 한글 풀이-
지난날 밝은 창으로 온 세상을 비추더니,
오늘은 검은 장막에 온갖 생각이 끊겼구나.
오랜 세월 함께한 정은 아직 남았건만,
하루아침에 빛을 잃으니 눈물이 옷깃을 적시는구나.
조침문에 나오는 구절에 동감하며…
“나의 신세(身世) 박명(薄命)하여 슬하(膝下)에 한 자녀(子女) 없고, 인명(人命)이 흉완(凶頑)하여 일찍 죽지 못하고, 가산(家産)이 빈궁(貧窮)하여 침선(針線)에 마음을 붙여, 널로 하여 생애(生涯)를 도움이 적지 아니하더니, 오늘날 너를 영결(永訣)하니, 오호 통재(嗚呼痛哉)라, 이는 귀신(鬼神)이 시기(猜忌)하고 하늘이 미워하심이로다.”
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Prof. Dr. Jeonghwan (Jerry) Choi (Managing Editor)
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