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선물

먼 길을 시작할 즈음,하나님 같은 흰 눈이벌써 행장을 꾸려나서고 있었지요. 그래서 만남은 모두 새로워지고,모든 인연은 신선해졌지요.먼 길을 걸어와서가 아니라,은총이 길을 밝혔기 때문이지요. 이제 다시 만나돌아온 나그네가 아니라길 떠날 순례자로서,마음을 열고 서 있습니다. 날씨는 거칠고,땅덩어리는 진흙으로 무겁지만흰 눈이 덮이니그 무게가 부드러워지고,어둡던 … Continue reading

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Gift

At the beginning of a long journey,snow came, white as the presence of God,already gathering its garments,already setting out. So every meeting became new,every encounter fresh—not because the distance was great,but because grace had touched the road. Now we meet … Continue reading

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그들은 속삭였지,마치 하늘의 비밀을 나누듯이:세 겹의 여름 더위가밤 속으로 스며들었다고,겹겹이 쌓이며시간을 고요 속에 접어 넣는다고. 그리고 그녀가 나타났네—창백한 지구의 그림자가 아니라,그 무엇,날개 달린 존재,영원을 풀어놓은 등불,불길 없이 타오르는 빛. 그녀의 형상은 날개였고,그녀의 빛은 떨리는 숨결,아직 말할 수 없는 것을희미하게 드러내는 … Continue reading

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Moon

by TaeHun Yoon They whispered softly,as if sharing a secret of the heavens:three veils of summer heathad entered the night,layer upon layer,folding time into silence. And there she was—not the pallid earth reflected back,but something other,something winged,a lantern unfastened from … Continue reading

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Mask Dance

Wasted YearsOn the cresting waveof swirling dance—Deong-deong, deong-deo-koong—each breath drawn inlike wind before a storm. The shiver runs,yet the face stays still,unchanging,guarding graceas if virtue itself. You are me, I am youbeneath the moonlight’s hush.Deong-deong, deong-deo-koong. Under silver beams,a sorrow … Continue reading

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천둥은 풀잎 끝에 와서 사리로 매달렸다. 홀어미의 삼경 속에 반만년을 합장한 강으로 흐른다. [Before Series – 7] © TaeHun Yoon, 1972

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Han

Thunder At the tip of a blade of grassthunder came,dangling like a knot of dew. Within the widow’s midnight silence,it flows—a river, palms pressed together,five thousand years long. © TaeHun Yoon, 1972

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「땅」

우리는 만났지— 창백한 빛 한 줄기 하늘에서 깨끗이 쏟아질 때. 너는, 밤의 별들을 잠재운 뒤 그저 오늘이었고— 그 고요한 침묵 속에서 나는 다시 나를 찾았어. 그러니 내일도, 너는 길이 되어 흔들리는 걸음에도 내가 다시 걷는 그 땅이 되어줄 거야. 진홍빛 … Continue reading

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The Ground

We met—when a burst of pale lightfell clean from the sky. You,after stilling the night’s stars,were simply today—and in your steady silence,I found myself again. So tomorrow too,you will remain the path,the ground I treadagain and again,though my steps falter. … Continue reading

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Before and After

The spinning top—still,yet burning like the sun. An open fieldwith roots layeredfor a thousand years,silent,as if the earth itselfwere waiting. The sea did not cool—it flared,a mass of fire,an ocean swallowing its own horizon. Faces collapsed,masks shattered,falling into ocher clay.Dust … Continue reading

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