2024.7.23. (火曜日, 英詩) “Fear by Khalil Gibran”
Fear
Khalil Gibran
두려움
칼릴 지브란
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
바다로 들어가지 전,
강은 두려워 떤다.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
그녀는 자신이 흘러내려온 길을 돌아 본다.
산 정상에서 시작하여,
숲과 마을을 가로질러 구불구불왔다.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
그녀는
앞에서 광대한 바다를 본다.
그것으로
들어가는 것은 영원히 자신이 사라지는 것 같았다.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
그러나, 다른 길은 없다.
강은 돌아갈 수 없다.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
그 누구도 돌아갈 수 없다,
돌아가는 것은 불가능하다.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that's where the river will know
it's not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.
강은 바다로 들어가는
위험을 감수해야한다.
왜냐하면, 그래야 두려움이 사라지기 때문이다.
왜냐하면, 강이 바다로 흘러드러가면,
바다로 사라지는 것이 아니라,
바다가 되는 것이기 때문이다.
사진
The Tetons and the Snake River (1942)
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
미국 풍경 사진작가 안셀 아담스 (1902-1984)
Self-Knowledge from Prophet Chapter XVII
Kahlil Gibran
And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge."
And he answered, saying:
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.
You would know in words that which you have always know in thought.
You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.
And it is well you should.
The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;
And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.
But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;
And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.
For self is a sea boundless and measureless.
Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."
Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.
사진
The Tetons and the Snake River (1942)
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
미국 풍경 사진작가 안셀 아담스 (1902-1984)
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