아름답게 나이들게 하소서-칼 윌슨 베이커

 

                               

 

아름답게 나이들게 하소서-칼 윌슨 베이커                                             Let me grow lovely, growing old--                                   So many fine things do:                                           아름답게 나이 들어가게 하소서                                   해야 할 좋은 일들은 너무나 많습니다.                                   Laces, and ivory, and gold,                                   And silks need not be new;                                   레이스와 상아와 황금, 그리고 비단도                                   꼭 새것만이 좋은 것은 아닙니다.                                   And there is healing in old trees,                                   Old streets a glamour hold;                                   오래된 나무에 치유력이 있고                                   오래된 거리에 영화가 깃들 듯이                                   Why may not I, as well as these,                                   Grow lovely, growing old--                                   이들처럼 저도 나이 들어감에 따라                                   더욱 아름다워지게 하소서.                                       Karl Wilson Baker(칼 윌슨 베이커 / 장영희 역)

                                               (American poet  1878-1960)

 

 

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