Yoo An-Jin Ah!

Always I

prefer behind to before,

prefer night to day,

shade is more comfortable than a sunny

spot,

earth is better than heaven, so I want to

Yoo An-Jin is a Korean poet, essayist, and
live on earth.
novelist. In 1970 she published the first of

the seventeen collections of poetry she has Rather than heaven, where it’s said you
published so far. She retired from her
go to be happy after death,
position as a professor at Seoul National
I want to live on earth, even if it means
University in 2006. In 2012 she became a
being unhappy and weeping.
member of Korea’s National Academy of
Rather than a star that appears in the
Arts. She has received many prestigious
night sky,
literary awards
I want to be a tiny wildflower
An Encouragement shaking its head gently as it blooms by a
by Yoo An-Jin
field path at twilight.
“The wind is rising!
The wind is rising
We must try to live!”
in breathless green, panting dark green.
So said Paul Valéry.
I must try to live alone as a fragrant
How shall I adopt that Frenchman’s
weed.
leading song

as a matching encouragement from

behind?
KOREAN TEXT TRANSLATION 바람이 불고있다.

숨이들이없는 녹색으로, 진한 녹색을 빤히

“격려” by Yoo An-Jin
보임.

나는 향기로운 잡초로 혼자 살아 가려고

"바람이 불고있다! 노력해야한다

우리는 살려고 노력해야한다! " KOREAN PRONUNCIATION

Paul Valéry는 이렇게 말했습니다.

그 프랑스 인의 유명한 노래를 어떻게 받아

들일까?

뒤에서 일치하는 격려로?

아! 항상 나는

뒤에 전에 선호,

밤부터 밤을 좋아한다.

그늘은 양지 바른 곳보다 더 편안합니다.

지구는 하늘보다 낫다. 그래서 나는

지구상에서 살기를 원한다.

죽음보다 행복해지기를 간다고 천국이 아닌,

나는 불행과 울음을 의미한다고하더라도

지구상에서 살기를 원합니다.

밤하늘에 나타나는 별이 아니라,

나는 작은 야생화가되고 싶다.

그것이 황혼에 들판 길을 따라 피는 것에 따라
그 머리를 부드럽게 흔들었다.
“Gyeoglyeo” geugeos-i hwanghon-e deulpan gil-eul ttala
by Yoo An-Jin
pineun geos-e ttala geu meolileul

budeuleobge heundeul-eossda.

balam-i bulgoissda.
"balam-i bulgoissda!
sum-ideul-ieobsneun nogsaeg-eulo, jinhan
ulineun sallyeogo nolyeoghaeyahanda! "
nogsaeg-eul ppanhi boim.
Paul Valéryneun ileohge malhaessseubnida.
naneun hyang-giloun jabcholo honja sal-a
geu peulangseu in-ui yumyeonghan
galyeogo nolyeoghaeyahanda.
nolaeleul eotteohge bad-a deul-ilkka?
.
dwieseo ilchihaneun gyeoglyeolo?

a! hangsang naneun

dwie jeon-e seonho,

bambuteo bam-eul joh-ahanda.

geuneul-eun yangji baleun gosboda deo

pyeon-anhabnida.

jiguneun haneulboda nasda. geulaeseo

naneun jigusang-eseo salgileul wonhanda.

jug-eumboda haengboghaejigileul gandago

cheongug-i anin,

naneun bulhaeng-gwa ul-eum-eul

uimihandagohadeolado jigusang-eseo

salgileul wonhabnida.

bamhaneul-e natananeun byeol-i anila,

naneun jag-eun yasaenghwagadoego sipda.