Poetry · Classic · 1320
The Divine Comedy: Inferno
신곡: 지옥편
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The first part of Dante's epic poem, in which the poet is guided by Virgil through the nine circles of Hell. He encounters sinners punished according to their sins.
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“Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
The Divine Comedy: Inferno · Dante Alighieri
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The English original with a Korean translation, one sentence at a time. In the app you can pick from 21 languages.
E’en such made me that beast withouten peace, Which, coming on against me by degrees Thrust me back there where the sun is silent.
그로 말미암아 나는 평화를 모르는 짐승이 되어, 서서히 나에게 다가와 해가 없는 그곳으로 나를 밀어 넣었네.
While I was rushing downward to the lowland, Before mine eyes did one present himself, Who seemed from long-continued silence hoarse.
내가 급히 저지대로 내려가던 중에, 내 눈앞에 한 사람이 나타났는데, 그는 오랫동안 침묵을 지켜서 목이 쉬어 보였다.
When I beheld him in the desert vast, “Have pity on me,” unto him I cried, “Whicheven you are, or shade or real man!”
내가 광야에서 그를 보고 “나를 불쌍히 여겨 주십시오”라고 외치며 “당신은 누구십니까? 그림자입니까, 아니면 참 사람입니까!”라고 말했습니다.
He answered me: “Not man; man once I was, And both my parents were of Lombardy, And Mantuans by country both of them.
그가 내게 대답하기를 “사람이 아닙니다. 나는 한때 사람이었고, 내 부모님은 둘 다 롬바르디아 사람이었으며, 둘 다 고향은 만투아 사람이었습니다.”
‘Sub Julio’ was I born, though it was late, And lived at Rome under the good Augustus, During the time of false and lying gods.
나는 비록 늦었지만 ‘율리우스 황제’ 시대에 태어났고, 거짓되고 기만적인 신들이 지배하던 시대에 선량한 아우구스투스 황제 치하의 로마에서 살았다.
A poet was I, and I sang that just Son of Anchises, who came forth from Troy, After that Ilion the superb was burned.
나는 시인이었기에 트로이에서 나온 안키세스의 의로운 아들을 노래하였으니, 그 위대한 일리온이 불타 없어진 후에 나온 자였더라.
But you, why goest you back to such annoyance?
그런데 너는 어찌하여 다시 그런 귀찮은 일에 손을 대려 하느냐?
Why climb’st you not the Mount Delectable, Which is the source and cause of every joy?”
어찌하여 너희는 모든 기쁨의 근원이요 원인이 되는 아름다운 산에 오르지 않느냐?
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Book details
- Title
- The Divine Comedy: Inferno (신곡: 지옥편)
- Author
- Dante Alighieri
- First published
- 1320
- Genre
- Poetry, Classic
- Original language
- English
- Translations in app
- 21 languages
- Price
- Free