Siyoung Doung – poem (Përgatiti për botim Angela Kosta)
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Poet Dr. Siyoung Doung
Dr. Siyoung Doung graduated from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Dongguk University and earned a Ph.D. in Korean Language and Literature from Hanyang University. She further expanded her academic pursuits by studying humanities at Regensburg University in Germany. Her teaching career includes positions as a professor at Korea Tourism University in Korea and Jilin University of Finance and Economics in China. Her literary journey began in 2003 with her poetry debut in the literary magazine Dacheung. Since then, she has published numerous poetry collections, including Future Hunting, In Search of a Strange God, The Phone Call from God, The Eyes of November, The Carnival of Time (Anthology), Was It You, Was It Me, or Was It Longing?, The Scent of Secrets, Aria of Everyday Life, The River Flowing Under the Pen, The Magic Letters, and The Horizon Never Gets Wet. In addition to poetry, Doung has contributed significantly to literary research with works such as Roh Cheon-myung’s Poetry and Semiotics, Korean Literature and Semiotics, and Semiotics of Modern Poetry. Her exploration of literature extends into travel writing, with essay collections like Encountering Culture Through Travel and Encountering Travel Through Literature. Her literary excellence has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Park Hwa-mok Literary Award (2010), Poetry and Poetics Young Poet Award (2011), the Grand Prize at the Korean Buddhist Literature Awards (2018), the 32nd Dongguk Literary Award (2019), the Yeongrang Literary Award for Criticism (2020), and the 7th Woltan Park Jong-hwa Literary Award by the Korean Writers’ Association (2021). Most recently, she received the Literary Youth Work Award in 2024. In recognition of her contributions to literature, she was also a recipient of a creative grant from the Arts Council Korea in 2005.
Dr. Doung is currently the President of the Korean Association of World Literature and lives in Seoul with her husband, a former university professor.
Wandering Him
― Cheonjeon-ri Petroglyphs
― Cheonjeon-ri Petroglyphs
The ox of time
grazes on the chest of myth
then enters the mouth of mist.
grazes on the chest of myth
then enters the mouth of mist.
Nainai nanshiru naine nairu
At the time-crossroads,
above yesterday, today, and tomorrow
above yesterday, today, and tomorrow
an ox turned to stone
chews on the memory of once-upon-a-time.
chews on the memory of once-upon-a-time.
From the stone lips, a sacred message.
Even time, when distant, becomes a veiled enchantment.
At times, the past stirs the heart more than the future.
With pictorial hands I touch the skin of prehistory,
and dive into the feast of symbols.
and dive into the feast of symbols.
Kirnar, Sugar, Herhyo, Sumarta Nainai nanshiru naine nairu
The face, a mask once gifted by gods.
A man's mask-like face,
eyes encrypted like a code.
A man's mask-like face,
eyes encrypted like a code.
Beyond time that cannot be counted,
he stares at me,
lays down a road with his gaze
he stares at me,
lays down a road with his gaze
and I begin to wander him.
Sugar, Narme, Bukar, Khrkani Nainai nanshiru naine nairu
The past and the present, brothers alike.
The hunt for survival,
the coupling that transcends the sacred and profane,
the trembling of anxious pairs in prayer,
Is it intoxication, or immersion?
the coupling that transcends the sacred and profane,
the trembling of anxious pairs in prayer,
Is it intoxication, or immersion?
Nine, Nane, Nanshiru, Naine, Nairu
In the undying eternal,
the ground of unanswered questions.
the ground of unanswered questions.
Like thoughts passing through the body,
like gestures visiting and leaving this place
like gestures visiting and leaving this place
Nainai nanshiru naine nairu Nainai nanshiru naine nairu
그를 방랑하다
―천전리 암각화
시간의 소가
신화의 가슴에서 풀 뜯다
안개 입속으로
들어간다
나이나이 난시루 나이네 나이루
시간 삼거리,
어제오늘 내일 위에
옛날을 되새김하는
돌이 된 소 한 마리
돌의 입술에선 신성한 전언
시간도 멀어지면 베일 쓴 매혹
때론, 미래보다 과거에 더 설렌다
그림 손으로 선사(先史) 살결 만지고
부호(符號) 속 향연으로 깊이 들어간다
키르나르 수가르 헤르혀 수마르타 나이나이 난시루 나이네 나이루
얼굴은 본래 신이 주신 가면
가면 같은 남자 얼굴
암호 같은 눈빛
셀 수 없는 시간 너머
그가 나를 응시하고
시선(視線)에 길을 놓아
나는 그를 방랑한다
수가르 나르메 부카르 흐르카니 나이나이 난시루 나이네 나이루
과거와 현재는 너무 닮은 형제
목숨 건 먹이 사냥
성속(聖俗) 넘는 남녀 교합
불안의 짝 기도에
취함인가 몰입인가
니네 나네 난시루 나이네 나이루
늙지 않는 영원에
대답 없는 질문의 터
몸에 다녀간 생각들 같은
장소에 왔다 간 동작들 나와
나이나이 난시루 나이네 나이루
나이나이 난시루 나이네 나이루
Përgatiti për botim Angela Kosta
