반빈,"칠석 七夕"

半賓

 

〈七夕〉

 

盈盈一股水，千古致心酸。

天上無離苦，人間有合歡。

牽牛吟擾擾，織女怨曼曼。

烏鵲成橋後，那能淚拭乾。

（乙巳七夕）

 

반빈

 

"칠석"

 

넘치듯 흐르는 한 줄기의 물이

천 년 넘도록 마음을 쓰리게 합니다

 

하늘 위에 헤어지는 고통이 없어야

사람들 사이에도 함께 있는 기쁨이 있지요

 

견우의 노랫소리가 뒤숭숭하고

직녀의 원망이 길게 늘어집니다

 

까막까치들이 다리를 다 지은 후에는

어떻게 눈물을 닦아 마르게 할 수 있나요

(을사년 칠석에)

 

H. Rhew

 

"On the Seventh Night of the Seventh Moon"

 

A flow of brimful water

Has been causing heart-rending pain for thousands of years.

 

Only when there's no bitterness of separation in Heaven;

There'll be joy of being together among people.

 

The chant by the Herd Boy is fidgety;

The grudges of the Weaving Maid are elongated.

 

Crows and magpies may complete the bridge

But would that be enough to wipe away the tears?

 

               Note: The seventh day of the seventh moon is often compared to Valentine's Day in the West.  Two celestial figures in love with each other, Herd Boy and Weaving Maid, symbolized by two constellations separated by the Milky Way, are allowed to meet only one night a year. The seventh day of the seventh moon is the day, and crows and magpies assemble to become a bridge over the Milky Way, well, the Silver River, to make the reunion possible.

(Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon, 2025)

圖：牽牛與織女（大安德興里高句麗古墳壁畫）

圖：牽牛星，織女星，銀河