Snowflake
BY WILLIAM BAER
Timing’s everything. The vapor rises
high in the sky, tossing to and fro,
then freezes, suddenly, and crystalizes
into a perfect flake of miraculous snow.
타이밍이 전부다. 높은 하늘로 수증기가 올라가서
이리저리 옮겨 다니다가,
갑자기 얼어붙으면서, 완벽하고
기적의 눈 결정체로 변신한다.
For countless miles, drifting east above
the world, whirling about in a swirling free-
for-all, appearing aimless, just like love,
but sensing, seeking out, its destiny.
Falling to where the two young skaters stand,
hand in hand, then flips and dips and whips
itself about to ever-so-gently land,
a miracle, across her unkissed lips:
as he blocks the wind raging from the south,
leaning forward to kiss her lovely mouth.
한글번역: Nancy Helen Kim©
(한글 번역은 잠시 후 내립니다.)
