Poetry · Philosophy · 1923
The Prophet
예언자
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About the book
A book of prose poems in which a wise man, about to leave the city of Orphalese, answers the townspeople's questions. Topics include love, marriage, work, joy and death.
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“Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of his birth.”
The Prophet · Kahlil Gibran
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The English original with a Korean translation, one sentence at a time. In the app you can pick from 20 languages.
How shall I go in peace and without sorrow?
어찌 내가 평안하고 슬픔 없이 갈 수 있겠습니까?
Nay, not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city.
아니, 내가 영적으로 상처를 입지 않고는 이 도시를 떠나지 않겠습니다.
Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret?
내가 그 성벽 안에서 고통스러운 날들을 오래 보냈고, 외로운 밤들도 오래 보냈으니, 누가 후회 없이 고통과 외로움에서 벗어날 수 있겠는가?
Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache.
내가 이 거리들에 너무나 많은 영혼의 조각들을 흩어 놓았고, 너무나 많은 내 갈망의 자녀들이 이 언덕들 사이를 벌거벗은 채 걸어 다니니, 내가 그들에게서 떠나면 무거운 짐과 고통을 느끼게 된다.
It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands.
내가 오늘 벗어 버리는 것은 옷이 아니라 내 손으로 찢는 가죽이다.
Nor is it a thought I leave behind me, but a heart made sweet with hunger and with thirst.
내가 남기는 것은 생각이 아니라, 굶주림과 갈증으로 달콤해진 마음입니다.
Yet I cannot tarry longer.
그러나 나는 더 이상 지체할 수 없습니다.
The sea that calls all things unto her calls me, and I must embark.
모든 것을 자기에게로 부르는 바다가 나를 부르니, 나는 배를 타야만 한다.
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Book details
- Title
- The Prophet (예언자)
- Author
- Kahlil Gibran
- First published
- 1923
- Genre
- Poetry, Philosophy
- Original language
- English
- Translations in app
- 20 languages
- Price
- Free
