연분홍 진달래꽃
어릴 쩍 동무들과 재잘거리며
진달래를 꺾으러 갔다
동네 아저씨 나뭇짐에
예쁘고 화사한 진달래가
나뭇짐에 꽂혀 있어서다
재잘거리며
야산에 도착하니
흐드러지게도 핀
연분홍 아름다운 진달래가
온산에 가득하다
연분홍 진달래꽃을 따 먹으니
제법 달짝지근하다
진달래 한 아름 꺾어서
손에 들고 진달래를 연신 따 먹으니
손에 진달래 한아름
얼굴엔 따먹은
진달래 색이 배어나
화사한 연분홍을 띠고
동무들도 온통 진달래
온산에 진달래
산도 우리도 연분홍 진달래
천지사방이 연분홍빛
화사한 진달래구나
꿈이다 너무 생생한 어릴 쩍 꿈
나이 든 지금 그때가 너무 그립다
행복하고 천진난만하던 그때
한려수
"Pink Azalea Flowers"
When I was young,
I used to wander around with my friends,
picking pink azalea flowers.
In the woods,
nestled within the branches of an old man's tree pile,
were the lovely and vibrant pink azaleas.
As we roamed,
we reached the mountainside,
where the hills were adorned with an abundance of beautifully blooming pink azaleas.
Picking and eating the pink azalea flowers,
they tasted pleasantly sweet. With a handful of azaleas,
we indulged in their delicate flavor.
With a handful of azaleas,
their color staining our faces,
we were adorned in the bright and vibrant hues of the pink azaleas.
Everywhere we looked,
the mountains
and we ourselves were bathed in the radiant pink of the azaleas.
How vividly reminiscent of those innocent
and blissful dreams of youth.
I long for those days of happiness
and innocence now that I am older.
hanryusoo