21. 예전엔 미처몰랐어요: Never before have I known at all
by Sowol Kim
English translation by Myung-Ho Lee, MD, FACC
예전엔 미처몰랐어요
봄여름 가을없이 밤마다 돋는날도
예전엔 미처몰랐어요.
Never ever before, have I known at all;
Even every night’s rising
All through the spring, summer, and fall.
이렇게 사무치게 그리울줄도
예전엔 미처몰랐어요.
Never yet before have I known
Such tense yearning from deep down.
달이 암만 밝아도 쳐다 볼줄은
예전엔 미처몰랐어요.
Never ever have I known before
I’d watch the moon,
Spite of ever gleaming flashes.
이제금 저달이 설움일줄은
예전엔 미처몰랐어요.
Yet never ever before have I known at all
That moon cedes now such lamenting sorrow.
그것이 사랑 사랑일줄이
아니도 잊혀집니다.
And it would never ever
Be forgotten
That it was love, love after all.
그것이 사랑 사랑일줄이
아니도 잊혀집니다.
And it would never ever
Be forgotten
That it was love, love after all.