사랑의 묘약
김우배
사랑은 쓰디쓴 약
생각만으로
몸이 먼저 기억하는 맛
더위에 지쳐
시름시름 앓던 날
억지로 들이켰던 익모초보다
더 깊고
더 오래 남는
그래서일까
풍랑의 바다 돛단배
마음만은 순풍을 기다리며
이토록 험한 날도
아직 무너지지 않고 있다
Elixir of Love
By Kim Woo-bae
Love is a bitter potion—
a taste my body remembers all too well
at the mere thought of it.
A healing draught,
seeping deeper and lingering longer than motherwort,
I drank it reluctantly
on days of weariness beneath the summer heat.
Could that be the reason
I can still endure,
like a sailing boat upon a stormy sea,
turning my heart toward a favorable wind
even on the hardest of days?
Kim Woo-bae
Literary Debut Today's Literature (1999).
Publications Poetry collections 『Wild Pear Blossoms of Saeteomal』
『Petal Letters from Windy Hill』
『Her Travel Bag』『At the Door』
Affiliations Honorary Member of the Haengwoo Literary Society
Member of PEN Chungbuk