＜the (Full) Moon＞ humorous and pitiful - 윤동재 시인의 ＜달＞과 ＜보름달＞

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the (Full) Moon

By D.J. YOON

I

Today again

The Moon in the yard of my house

Caught on the persimmon branch

When the wind blows

Perhaps difficult to get out

Struggling barely got out

Walking there

Clouds

Stars

and the Sky

Yesterday too

Hanging on the persimmon branch

Having a hard time getting out

II

The Full Moon in the pine branch

Of the mountain in front

Coming down sitting down

Little brothers in a hare’s family with a worry

Not able to sleep

With a heart of hope though

When it snowed heavily a few days ago

To get some food

Going down to the village

Still not coming back the Mom rabbit

Just now,

Asking pitifully to the Full Moon.

Daring not to

Not able to give a little word

Her face turning red.

달

-윤동재

오늘도 우리 집 마당

감나무 가지에

달이 걸렸어요.

바람이 불어

빠져 나가기가 힘이 드는지

허우적거리더니

겨우 빠져 나가

구름과

별과

하늘을 가고 있어요.

어제도

감나무 가지에 걸려

빠져 나가느라 애를 먹더니‧‧‧‧‧‧

보름달

-윤동재

앞산 솔가지에

보름달이 내려와

걸터앉아 있다.

산토끼네 어린 형제들

잠 못 이루고

행여나 하는 마음으로

며칠 전 눈이 몹시 내린 날

먹이를 구하러

마을로 내려가서는

여태 돌아오지 않고 있는

엄마 토끼에 대해

시방,

보름달에게

애처로이 물어 보고 있다.

보름달은 차마

답을 주지 못하고

얼굴이 벌개지고 있다.

Appreciation Review 感想

It’s poetry with the same title and/or subject matter, but it gives me some mysterious feelings in a somewhat different way.

For the first poem, the poet portrays a picture of the moon struggling on the persimmon tree branch in a somewhat humorous way. The moon hangs on the branch of the persimmon tree while struggling to get out every day. It's mysteriously fun & great because I can see clearly how the moon is struggling with the persimmon tree branch yesterday and today.

In the second poem, a rabbit appears. The mom rabbit goes out to get some food, but she doesn't come back home. The story seems rather worrying and sad. In the meantime, the Moon cannot answer the question of why the mom rabbit doesn't come back. The full moon’s face turns red pitifully & mysteriously.

Just for reference, I’d like to add a couple of traditional songs about the moon, rabbit, and cassia tree that I’ve got from the Knowledge Encyclopedia.

A song for children by Geuk-yeong Yoon

In a white boat in the Milky Way with a blue sky

There are a cassia tree and a rabbit

Cheongyang local folk song full of filial duty

(靑陽地方民謠)

I want to chop down the cassia tree stuck in the moon with a jade ax, trim it with a gold ax, build a thatched-roof house, and live with my parents for thousands and thousands of years.

#humorous   #pitiful   #full moon

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