회상
명총 김 규봉(김 요셉)
봄이 다 지나갈 무렵 겨우 새싹 피우고
더위와 친하게 잘 지내더니
호도알 알알이 아직 영글지도 않았는데
무엇이 급한지 벌써 갈색낙엽을 한 입 두 입 떨어뜨리고 있다
야속한 날들이여
꽃피던 봄은 언제 지나갔는지
더워 더워 땀 흘리며 쫓기다 보니
입추 지난 지도 벌서 일주일이 지나가고
가지 많은 나무 잠잘 날 없다고
식민지시대와 6.25 전쟁의 한 많은 세월
고생고생 하시다가 자식들 생활 위에 햇볕이 겨우 들 무렵
그 여름 무더위가 한창일 때 멀리 떠나가셨지요
봄에 새 꽃이 필 때 다시 오시렵니까
언제 오시렵니까
한점 변함없이 눈에 선한 울어머님
시원한 바람 불고 풍성한 금빛 가을이 오면 그때나 오시렵니까?
Flashback
Poet / Kyubong Kim (Joseph Kim)
Seoul Korea
Just as spring was about to pass, only then did the new shoots begin to sprout
You got along well with the heat, didn’t you
The walnuts aren’t even fully ripe yet
For some reason it’s in a hurry, already dropping brown leaves one or two at a time
Sorrowful days
When did the spring when flowers bloomed pass by
Hot, hot, chasing while sweating
Even after Ipchu, another week has already gone by
A tree with many branches, saying there’s no day to sleep
The sorrowful years of the colonial era and the Korean War
After all the hardship, just when sunlight barely reaches the children’s lives
You left far away while the summer heat was at its peak, weren’t you
Will you come again when the new flowers bloom in spring
When will you come
My mother, as vividly as ever, crying
When the cool breeze blows and the rich golden autumn comes, will you come then?