Here
by Grace Paley
Here I am in the garden laughing
an old woman with heavy breasts
and a nicely mapped face
나는 여기 정원에서
크고 늘어진 가슴과
자글자글 주름진 얼굴의 노인이 되어서 웃고 있네요
how did this happen
well that's who I wanted to be
어떻게 이 지경까지 왔을까요
하지만 나는 이렇게 늙기를 바랐었지요
at last a woman
in the old style sitting
stout thighs apart under
a big skirt grandchild sliding
on off my lap a pleasant
summer perspiration
that's my old man across the yard
he's talking to the meter reader
he's telling him the world's sad story
how electricity is oil or uranium
and so forth I tell my grandson
run over to your grandpa ask him
to sit beside me for a minute I
am suddenly exhausted by my desire
to kiss his sweet explaining lips.
한글 번역: Nancy Helen Kim©
(한글 번역은 잠시 후 내립니다.)
