Riding on a Rainbow Rice Cake
- The Story of the Fairy and the Little Squirrel at Jeolgu Falls, Juwangsan Mountain -
by D. J. Yoon
A fairy lives
At Jeolgu Falls in Cheongsong's Juwangsan.
Using a large hole in the rock as a mortar,
She pounds rice cakes.
thump-thump thump-thump
- Fairy, what do you use these rice cakes for?
- To share with people who have never eaten rice cakes before.
The fairy’s face is radiant,
As if she has washed it with the water of Jeolgu Falls.
A little squirrel also begs
To pound rice cakes with the fairy.
Fairy, I want to pound rice cakes too.
This rice mortar is too heavy for you.
I will pound the mortar, so will you finish it?
When the fairy finishes pounding,
The little squirrel wags its tail and shakes the mortar.
The white rice flour rises to the sky and twinkles as stars every night.
The sky that has become a hill of stars.
After the fairy finishes pounding the rice with the rice mortar,
snip-snip snip-snip
She puts in the rainbow she cut up piece by piece
And steams rainbow rice cakes.
Steam rises high from the pot,
And everyone dances with joy.
In the early evening, she packs the rice cake bundle
With the little squirrel riding a rainbow rice cake
Exchanging greetings with the stars
And waving to the moon
She flies through the night sky.
Passing through a forest of tall apartment buildings,
Past a convenience store that never sleeps,
To the small house at the end of a narrow, lit alley.
To the children doing their homework while waiting for their parents,
And to the grandparents who turned off the lights early and went to bed.
She unwraps the rice cake cloth and shares the rainbow rice cakes.
The chewy fairy rice cakes they tasted for the first time
The children, the grandparents, and the children
munch and chew, munch and chew
Eating only half and leaving the other half.
The children, the grandparents, and the next day
Share the leftover rice cakes with their friends.
Return to Jeolgu Falls with the little squirrel
Before the rooster crows at dawn
Because she has to make rice cakes for the next day too.
If you look up at the sky
You will see a rainbow rice cake flying away
Dragging a seven-colored tail
Carrying the fairy and the little squirrel.
Anyone can see it.
The fairy of Jeolgu Falls in Juwangsan
When she is tired and rests for a moment
The little squirrel, rabbit, and deer pound the rice cakes together.
The fairy of Jeolgu Falls in Juwangsan
The sound of the rice cakes being pounded
Listen carefully to it.
kung-deok-kung kung-deok-kung
kung-deok-kung kung-deok-kung
무지개떡을 타고 - 주왕산 절구폭포 선녀님과 꼬마 다람쥐 이야기
-윤동재
청송 주왕산 절구폭포에는
선녀님이 살고 있어요
커다란 바위 구멍을 절구 삼아
떡방아를 찧어요
쿵더쿵 쿵더쿵
“선녀님, 이 떡은 어디에 쓰세요?”
“떡 한 번 못 먹어본 사람들에게
나누어 주려고.”
선녀님 얼굴은
절구폭포 물로 세수한 듯 환해요
꼬마 다람쥐도
선녀님과 함께
떡방아 찧고 싶어 졸라요
“선녀님
저도 떡방아 찧고 싶어요.”
“이 방아는 너한테 너무 무겁단다.
쿵더쿵 쿵더쿵 방아는 내가 찧을 테니
넌 마무리를 해 주겠니?”
선녀님이 방아를 다 찧고 나면
꼬마 다람쥐가 꼬리로
살랑살랑
절구를 털어요
하얀 쌀가루가
하늘로 올라가
밤마다 반짝반짝 별로 떠올라요
하늘이 온통 별 동산
선녀님은 떡방아로
쌀을 다 찧고 나서는
썩둑 썩둑
잘라둔 무지개 넣어 무지개떡 쪄요
떡 솥에 김이 무럭무럭
모두 어깨춤 덩실덩실
초저녁이면
떡 보자기 챙겨
꼬마 다람쥐와 함께
무지개떡을 타고
별들과 눈인사를 주고받고
달에게 손짓하며
밤하늘을 날아요
높은 아파트 숲을 지나 잠들지 않는 편의점을 지나
불 켜진 좁은 골목 끝 작은 집으로
부모님 기다리며 숙제하는 아이들에게
일찍 불 끄고 누운 할아버지 할머니에게
떡 보자기를 풀고
무지개떡을 나눠줘요
처음 맛본 쫄깃쫄깃 선녀님 떡
아이들도 할아버지도 할머니도
오물오물 우물우물
반만 먹고 반은 남겨두지요
아이들도 할아버지도 할머니도
다음 날 남긴 떡을 친구에게 나눠줘요
새벽닭이 울기 전에
꼬마 다람쥐와 함께 절구폭포로 돌아와요
다음 날도
떡을 만들어야 하니까요
하늘을 올려다보면
일곱 빛깔 꼬리를 끌며
선녀님과 꼬마 다람쥐를 태우고
날아가는 무지개떡
누구나 볼 수 있어요
주왕산 절구폭포 선녀님
힘겨워 잠깐 쉬면
꼬마 다람쥐 토끼 고라니 함께
떡방아 찧어요
주왕산 절구폭포 선녀님
떡방아 찧는 소리
가만히 귀 기울여 보세요
쿵더쿵 쿵더쿵
쿵더쿵 쿵더쿵
Simple Review 感想
D. J. Yoon’s Riding on a Rainbow Rice Cake is a sweet and magical poem filled with imagination, kindness, and the beauty of nature.
Set at Jeolgu Falls in Juwangsan, the poem tells the story of a kind fairy who makes rice cakes in a large rock mortar with the help of a cheerful little squirrel.
The happy sounds of pounding rice, such as ‘thump-thump’ and ‘kung-deok-kung,’ make the poem feel lively and musical, while the image of white rice flour rising into the sky and becoming shining stars creates a wonderful fairy-tale feeling.
One of the most beautiful ideas is that the fairy cuts up a rainbow and makes colorful rainbow rice cakes, then flies through the night sky with the squirrel riding on a rice cake to bring food to children and grandparents in the city.
The poem gently shows that even in busy places filled with apartment buildings and convenience stores, many people are waiting for warmth and care.
The children and grandparents do not keep all the rice cakes for themselves but save half to share with others the next day, showing that kindness can continue from one person to another.
In the end, the poem reminds us that sharing, helping, and caring for others can make the world brighter, just like a rainbow shining across the night sky.
#fairy #mortar #squirrel #rainbow rice cake #thump #kung-deok-kung #munch and chew #snip
첫댓글 '무지개떡을 타고’는 풍부한 상상력과 따뜻한 마음, 자연의 아름다움이 가득한 사랑스럽고 환상적인 시입니다.^-^
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