떠도는 배
2024.10.11.
항로가 뿌연 물 위에서 흔들리며
배들은
제각각의 방향으로 흩어진다
부서진 돛을 끌고
물속으로 기울어지는 배—
끝내 수평선 너머로 돌아오지 않는다
해류는 쉼 없이 뒤적이고
나침반을 버린 배는
동심원만 빚는다
밤이 길어질수록
항구는 더 흐려지고
물살에 선체가 비틀릴 때
배를 띄우던 손길을 잊는다
이미 떠나온 길 위에서
닻은 내릴 곳을 놓친다
Drifting Vessel
October 11, 2024
The route trembles across water blurred with mist,
and the ships
scatter in their own directions
A broken sail dragged low,
a vessel tilting into the water—
it never returns beyond the line of the horizon
The currents keep turning without rest,
and a ship that has cast off its compass
spins only in widening circles
As the night stretches longer,
the harbor grows more indistinct
When the hull, worn by the water, begins to bend,
it forgets the hands that once launched it
On the path already departed,
the anchor misses the place it should have fallen
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