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[아름다운 봄 영시 감상165]Cherry blossoms by Toi Derricotte/토이 데리코트 작의 벚꽃

by Helen of Troy 2022. 3. 27.

 

 

Cherry blossoms/벚꽃

Toi Derricotte - 1941-/토이 데리코트



I went down to
mingle my breath
with the breath
of the cherry blossoms.

나는 벚꽃의

숨결과

내 숨결을 함께 하려고

아래로 내려가 보았어요.


There were photographers:
Mothers arranging their
children against
gnarled old trees;
a couple, hugging,
asks a passerby
to snap them
like that,
so that their love
will always be caught
between two friendships:
ours & the friendship
of the cherry trees.

 

Oh Cherry,

why can't my poems
be as beautiful?


A young woman in a fur-trimmed
coat sets a card table
with linens, candles,
a picnic basket & wine.
A father tips
a boy's wheelchair back
so he can gaze
up at a branched
heaven.
                     All around us
the blossoms
flurry down
whispering,

 

        Be patient
you have an ancient beauty.

 

Be patient
you have an ancient beauty.

 

 

 

한글번역: N. Helen Kim©

(한글 번역은 잠시 후 내립니다.)