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커다란 유리창을 동남쪽으로 내면

집 안 가득 따뜻한 빛이 들어 올거라며 

오늘 햇볕이 이렇게 밝을 수 가 있냐고 웃는 당신에게

희끗희끗한 머리카락날리며

넘어야 할 골짜기와 바다를 보던 아득한 눈빛

그친구 

우리는 다시 보자고 손을 내미는데 그는휘어진 허리를 짚으며

서쪽 유리창에 비치는 저녁 노을을 힘없이

 흔들었지

잘 가라고 

나는 몰랐어, 폐에 자라는 지독한 고통을 감당할 이유가 없어서  

떠나기로 선택한 날이 그 날 이었던 것을

부모 없던 어린시절과 상처 많던 젊은날도 잘 버텨온 그가 

꿈도 소망도 훌훌 벗어 던지고 

네 곁에 있는 사람 울리지 말고 잘 살라 하던 

그의 충고만 남았다

화살 같은 세월은 여전히 흘러 가는데.

Farewell (작별)

By Jeon Sang-hee

When we install a large glass window facing southeast, You smiled, saying the house would be filled with warm light, And wondered how the sunlight could be this bright today.

With your greying hair blowing in the wind, Your distant gaze looked toward the valleys and seas That you would have to cross— My friend.

We reached out our hands, promising to meet again, But supporting his bent waist, He weakly waved toward the evening glow Reflected in the western window, Saying goodbye.

I didn’t know then—that because there was no reason to endure The agonizing pain growing in his lungs, The day he chose to leave was that very day. He, who had endured so well an orphaned childhood And a youth filled with so many scars, Threw away all his dreams and hopes.

Only his advice remains now: "Live well, and don't make the person beside you cry." While time, like an arrow, keeps flowing by.