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(\uc0ac\uc9c4\ucd9c\ucc98 : \ub124\uc774\ubc84\uc9c0\uc2dd\ubc31\uacfc)<\/p>\n

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\ub9bc \uc9c4 \uac15<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\ubd81\ucabd \ub0a8\ucabd
\n<\/span>\uac70\uae30 \ud478\ub978 \ub450 \uae30\uc2ad\uc744
\n<\/span>\uc801\uc2dc\uba70 \uc801\uc2dc\uba70 \ud750\ub974\ub294 \uac15
\n<\/span>\uc544, \ub9bc\uc9c4\uac15!<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud55c\ub0ae\uc758 \ud3ed\uc591\uc544\ub798
\n\ub208\uc774 \uc2dc\ub9ac\uac8c \ubc88\uca4d\uc774\ub358 \uac83\uc740
\n<\/span>\uc544\ud504\uac8c \uc544\ud504\uac8c
\n<\/span>\uc774 \uac00\uc2b4 \uc801\uc2dc\ub358 \uac83\uc740
\n<\/span>\uc815\ub155 \ubb3c\uc774\ub358\uac00,
\n<\/span>\ubb3c\ube5b\uc774\ub358\uac00…<\/span><\/p>\n

\uc544\ub2c8\uc5c8\ub2e4
\n<\/span>\uc544\ub2c8\uc5c8\ub2e4
\n<\/span>\uadf8\uac83\uc740 \ubb3c\uc774 \uc544\ub2c8\uc5c8\ub2e4
\n<\/span>\ubb3c\ube5b\uc774 \uc544\ub2c8\uc5c8\ub2e4
\n<\/span>\ub0b4\uac00 \ub51b\uace0\uc120 \uc5ec\uae30 \ubd81\ucabd
\n<\/span>\ub9bc\ud55c\ub9ac \uad00\uc0b0\ub9c8\uc744 \ubafc\uc794\ub4f1\uc5d0\uc11c
\n<\/span>\uc800 \uac15\ub108\uba38 \ub0a8\ucabd \uc5b4\ub454\uc0b0\uae30\uc2ad\uc740
\n<\/span>\uc190 \ub0b4\ubc00\uba74 \ub2ff\uc744 \ub4ef \uc9c0\ucc99\uc778\ub370
\n<\/span>\uc544, \uc7a5\uc7a5 \uadfc \ubc18\uc138\uae30\ub97c
\n<\/span>\uc6b0\ub9ac \uc624\uac00\uc9c0 \ubabb\ud558\uac70\ub2c8<\/span><\/p>\n

\uc774 \uac15\uc744 \ubb36\uc5b4\ubc84\ub9b0
\n<\/span>\uc800 \ucca0\uc870\ub9dd\uc758 \ubc84\uc5bc\uac74 \ub179\uc740
\n<\/span>\uac00\uc2dc\ucca0\ub9dd\uc5d0 \ucc22\uaca8 \ud758\ub9ac\ub294 \uc774 \uac15\uc758 \ud53c\uc778\uac00,
\n<\/span>\uc544\ub2c8\uba74 \uac15 \ud558\ub098\uc0c8\ub85c \ud5e4\uc5b4\uc838
\n<\/span>\ub2e4\uc2dc \ubabb \ub9cc\ub098\ub294 \uc5ec\uae30 \ub450 \uae30\uc2ad\uc5d0 \uc0ac\ub294
\n<\/span>\uadf8 \ud608\uc721\ub4e4\uc774 \ud758\ub9ac\ub294 \ud53c\ub208\ubb3c\uc778\uac00<\/span><\/p>\n

\uc624, \uc6d0\ud55c\uc774 \ud750\ub974\ub294 \ub9bc\uc9c4\uac15!
\n<\/span>\uc99d\uc624\uac00 \uafc8\ud2c0\uac70\ub9ac\ub294 \ub9bc\uc9c4\uac15!<\/span><\/p>\n

\uadf8\ub9ac\ud558\uc5ec \uc800 \ub0a8\ucabd
\n<\/span>\uc5b4\ub454\uc0b0\uc774\uba70 \uc2ec\ud559\uc0b0\ub108\uba38\ub85c
\n<\/span>\uc800\ub807\ub4ef \ubb35\ubb35\ud788 \uc19f\uc544\uc788\ub294 \ubd81\ud55c\uc0b0\uc774\uba70
\n<\/span>\uc5ec\uae30 \ubd81\ub158\ub545\uc758 \uc1a1\uc545\uc0b0\uba54\ubd80\ub9ac\ub3c4
\n<\/span>\ucc9c\uc778\uacf5\ub178\ud560 \uadf8 \uc138\uae30\uc801\uc778 \uc6d0\ud55c,
\n<\/span>\uc138\uae30\uc801\uc778 \uc99d\uc624\uc18d\uc5d0 \uad73\uc5b4\uc838\ubc84\ub9b0
\n<\/span>\uc774 \ub098\ub77c\uc758 \ud2c0\uc5b4\uc954 \uc8fc\uba39\uc774\ub7f0\ub4ef
\n<\/span>\uc800\ub807\uac8c \uad6c\ub984\uc7a5 \uaff0\uc9c0\ub974\uace0
\n<\/span>\uc6b0\ub69d \uc19f\uc558\uc73c\ub824\ub2c8
\n<\/span>\ubb3c\ube5b\uc774 \uc544\ub2cc
\n<\/span>\uc6b0\ub9ac\uc758 \uac00\uc2b4\uac00\uc2b4\uc744
\n<\/span>\uc544\ud514\uc73c\ub85c \uc800\ubbf8\ub294 \uce7c,
\n<\/span>\uc11c\ub290\ub7ec\uc6b4 \uce7c\ube5b<\/span><\/p>\n

\uc6b0\ub9ac \uc774\uc81c \ud1b5\uc77c \uc7a5\uac80\uc73c\ub85c
\n<\/span>\ub108\ub97c \ube44\uaef4\ub4e4\uace0
\n<\/span>\uc774 \uae30\uc2ad\uc744 \ubb36\uc5b4\ubc84\ub9b0 \uc800 \ucca0\uc870\ub9dd\uc774\uba70
\n<\/span>\uac00\uc99d\uc2a4\ub7ec\uc6b4 \ubd84\uc5f4\uc8fc\uc758\uc790\ub4e4\uc744
\n<\/span>\ub2e8\uce7c\uc5d0 \ubca0\uc5ec\ub0b4\ub9ac\ub77c,
\n<\/span>\uc774 \uc9c0\uad6c\ucd0c\uc5d0\uc11c
\n<\/span>\uc2dc\ub300\uc758 \ub825\uc0ac\uc5d0\uc11c
\n<\/span>\uc544\uc608 \ubca0\uc5ec\ub0b4\ub9ac\ub77c
\n<\/span>\uc601\uc601 \ubca0\uc5b4\ub0b4\ub9ac\ub77c<\/span><\/p>\n

\uadf8\ub54c
\n<\/span>\uc544 \uadf8\ub54c \ub108\ub294 \ube44\ub85c\uc18c
\n<\/span>\uce7c\uc774 \uc544\ub2cc \ucc38\uac15\uc774 \ub418\uc5b4
\n<\/span>\uc5ec\uae30 \uad00\uc0b0\ub9c8\uc744\uc744 \ub2e4\ub140\uac08
\n<\/span>\uc800 \uc5b4\ub454\uc0b0\uae30\uc2ad \uc0ac\ub78c\ub4e4\uc744 \uc2e4\uc5b4\ub098\ub974\ub294
\n<\/span>\uadf8 \uafc8\uac19\uc740 \ud1b5\uc77c\uc758 \ub098\ub8e8\ubc30 \ub5a0\ubc00\uc5b4\uc8fc\uba70
\n<\/span>\uae30\uc068\uc5d0 \uaca8\uc6cc \ud750\ub290\ub07c\ub9ac\ub77c,
\n<\/span>\ucc98\uc5bc\uc369 \ucc98\uc808\uc369…
\n<\/span>\ubc30\uc804\uc744 \uc801\uc2dc\uba70
\n<\/span>\uc6b0\ub9ac \uac00\uc2b4\uc744 \uc801\uc2dc\uba70…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\uc791\ud488\uac10\uc0c1 : \u00a0\uae40\ucc3d\uaddc \uc2dc\uc778 (\ud55c\uc2e0\ub300 \uc878\uc5c5, \ubaa9\uc0ac, \ud55c\uad6d\uc791\uac00\ud68c)<\/p>\n

\uc774 \uc2dc\ub294 2005\ub144 7\uc6d410\uc77c \ubc1c\ud589 \ub41c<\ud1b5\uc77c\ucc28\ud45c \ud31d\ub2c8\ub2e4> \ubb38\ud654\uc608\uc220\ucd9c\ud310\uc0ac \uc8fc\uccb4 94\ub144(2005)\ub9ac\ud638\uadfc \uc2dc\uc9d1\uc5d0 \uc2e4\ub9b0 \uc2dc\ub2e4. \uc2dc\ub97c \uc77d\uc73c\uba74 \uad6c\uad6c\uc808\uc808\ud788 \ubd84\ub2e8\uc758 \uc544\ud514\uc744 \ubb18\uc0ac\ud558\uace0 \uc788\ub2e4. \uc784\uc9c4\uac15 \uad00\uc0b0\ub9c8\uc744\uc774\ub77c\uace0 \ud558\ub294 \uacf3\uc5d0\uc11c \uac15\uc744 \ubc14\ub77c\ubcf4\uba70 \ud1b5\uc77c\uc744 \uc5fc\uc6d0\ud558\ub294 \uc21c\uc218\ud55c \uc2dc\ub2e4. \uc774\ub150\uc758 \uc0c9\ucc44\ub3c4 \uc5c6\uace0 \uc624\uc9c1 \ubd84\ub2e8\uc73c\ub85c \uc778\ud55c \uc544\ud514, \uc0c1\ucc98\ub97c \ubcf4\ub4ec\ub294\ub2e4. \u00a0 \ub0b4\uac00 \ub9cc\ub09c \ub9ac\ud638\uadfc \uc2dc\uc778\uc740 \ubd81\ucabd \uc21c\uc548\ube44\ud589\uc7a5\uc5d0 \ub0b4\ub838\uc744 \ub54c, 2005\ub144 7\uc6d4 \ub0a8\ubd81\uc791\uac00\ub300\ud68c \ucc38\uc11d\ucc28 \ud3c9\uc591\uc744 \ubc29\ubb38\ud588\uc744 \ub54c, \ube44\ud589\uc7a5 \ub300\ud569\uc2e4 2\uce35\uc5d0\uc11c \ubc18\uac11\uac8c \ub9cc\ub0ac\ub2e4. \ubb18\ud5a5\uc0b0, \ubc31\ub450\uc0b0, \ud3c9\uc591\uc5d0\uc11c 5\ubc156\uc77c \ub3d9\uc548 \uadf8\uc640 \uc778\uc0ac\ub97c \ub098\ub204\uace0 \ubc25\uc744 \ud568\uaed8 \uba39\uc73c\uba70 \ub300\ub3d9\uac15\ub9e5\uc8fc \uc220\ub3c4 \ub098\ub208 \uc801\ub3c4 \uc788\ub2e4. \uc2dc\uc778\uc740 \ucc29\ud558\uace0 \uc120\ud558\uac8c \uc0dd\uacbc\ub2e4. \uadf8\uc640 \ubc31\ub450\ubc00\uc601\uc5d0\uc11c, \ubc31\ub450\uc0b0 \uc815\uc0c1\uc5d0\uc11c \ud568\uaed8 \ub9cc\ub0ac\uc744 \ub54c\uc758 \uac10\uaca9\uc740 \ub354 \ub9d0 \ud560 \uc218 \uc5c6\uc5c8\ub2e4. \ub9ac\ud638\uadfc \uc2dc\uc778\uc5d0\uac8c \uc601\ud5a5\uc744 \uc8fc\uc5c8\ub358 \ubd84\uc740 \ub0a8\ucabd\uc758 \uc784\uc218\uacbd \uc804\ub300\ud611\uc758 \ud559\uc0dd\uc774\uc5c8\uace0 \ubb38\uc775\ud658 \ubaa9\uc0ac\uc600\ub2e4\uace0 \ud55c\ub2e4. \ub0a8\ucabd\uc758 \uc0ac\ub78c\ub4e4\ub3c4 \ud1b5\uc77c\uc744 \uc808\uc808\ud788 \uc5fc\uc6d0\ud558\uace0 \uc788\uad6c\ub098 \ud558\ub294 \uc0ac\uc2e4\uc744 \uc54c\uac8c \ub418\uc5c8\ub2e4\uace0 \uace0\ubc31\ud588\uc5c8\ub2e4.<\/p>\n

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Limjin River<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The river flows down,<\/span>
\ncaressing and soaking its green riverbanks<\/span>
\non both sides, northern and southern\u2014<\/span>
\nOh, Limjin River!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is it that looks so shiny that it hurts my eyes<\/span>
\nunder this blazing midday sun?<\/span>
\nWhat is it that now soaks and rends my heart<\/span>
\nexcruciatingly\u2014oh, so, excruciatingly?<\/span>
\nIs it the water?<\/span>
\nOr is it its vivid color?<\/span><\/p>\n

No,<\/span>
\nNo, that\u2019s not it.<\/span>
\nIt is neither the water,<\/span>
\nnor its color.<\/span>
\nFrom this mountaintop, where I stand<\/span>
\nin Kwansan village, Limhan-li to the north,<\/span>
\nto the foot of Mount Eodun to the south across the river,<\/span>
\nthe distance is so short that I can almost reach across it by stretching out my arm.<\/span>
\nYet we cannot visit each other on the other side,<\/span>
\nsince more than half a century\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The crimson rust of the barbed wire<\/span>
\nthat imprisons this river\u2014<\/span>
\nIs it the blood of this river torn apart by the barbed wire?<\/span>
\nOr is it the color of bloody tears shed by the families<\/span>
\non both sides of the river,<\/span>
\nwho are separated and unable to meet each other again?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, Limjin River, carrying sorrowful resentment!<\/span>
\nA river wriggling under enormous animosity!<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, in the south,<\/span>
\npast Mount Eodun and Mount Simhak,<\/span>
\nstands Mount Bukhan, so silently,<\/span>
\nand here in the north is the peak of Mount Songak\u2014<\/span>
\nmountains like fists<\/span>
\nhardened in epochal resentment,<\/span>
\nin this epic animosity even heaven and earth would be wrathful toward.<\/span>
\nThey stand so tall<\/span>
\nthrough and above the clouds.<\/span>
\nWhat hurts us is not the color of the river,<\/span>
\nbut the knife that slices<\/span>
\nevery one of our hearts;<\/span>
\nthe color of that cool knife cuts us.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will raise you now, Limjin River,<\/span>
\nand turn you into the long sword of reunification,<\/span>
\nand cut with a single stroke<\/span>
\nthat barbed wire that binds this mountainside<\/span>
\nand those awful separatists who divide us.<\/span>
\nWe will mow them down,<\/span>
\nbanishing them forever<\/span>
\nfrom our global village,<\/span>
\nand from the history of our times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Only then, oh, then, you\u2019ll finally<\/span>
\nbecome again the true river, rather than the knife,<\/span>
\nand we will shed tears of joy,<\/span>
\nwhile steering the reunification ferry of our dream,<\/span>
\ncarrying people from the foot of Mount Eodun in the south\u2014<\/span>
\nsplash, splash\u2026<\/span>
\nsoaking its gunwales<\/span>
\nsoaking our hearts\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Commentary<\/span><\/p>\n

By Kim Chang-gyu (poet, priest, and member of the Writers Association of Korea)<\/p>\n

This poem is included in North Korean poet Lee Ho-gun\u2019s collection We Sell Train Tickets to Reunification Here<\/em>, published in 2005. Every word in it testifies to the Korean people\u2019s pain caused by the division of their country. It is a non-partisan work of sincere yearning for reunification, from the perspective of a speaker overlooking Imjin River on its northern bank. Ideology does not have a place here. The poem only tries to acknowledge our wounds from division. I met Mr. Lee Ho-gun for the first time in the waiting area on the second floor of the Sunan Airport in North Korea in July 2005, when I visited Pyongyang to attend the Inter-Korean Writers Conference. During the five nights and six days of the event, I had several chances to enjoy meals with him and also to occasionally share a Taedonggang beer. He was a good-natured and honest person. It was deeply moving to go on visits with him to Milyong in Mt. Paektu and Lake Chon on the mountain\u2019s summit. He told me that two people who had deeply inspired him were the South Korean activist and politician Lim Su-kyung and South Korean activist and poet Reverend Moon Ik-hwan. Lim Su-kyung had made an unapproved trip to North Korea in 1989 to attend the 13^{th<\/sup> World Festival of Youth and Students, as a representative of the South Korean student organization Jeondaehyop. Moon Ik-hwan had also made an unapproved visit to North Korea in 1989 to discuss the possibility of reunification with North Korean leaders. Both were jailed after their return, because South Korean law bars contact with avowed Communists without prior governmental approval. Mr. Lee told me that he had realized during their visits how genuinely South Koreans also wanted reunification.<\/p>\n}

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Translator : Seung-Hee Jeon (literary critic and translator, editor of Asia: A Magazine of Asian Literature<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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