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Small moments, great happiness – A Poem from the Jeju Island

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Small moments, great happiness – A Poem from the Jeju Island
Jeju Island, South Korea

Yang Geum-Hee

Yang-Geum-Hee-Korea-Sindh-Courier (2)Born in 1967 in Jeju, Korea, she has published two collections of poetry books, “Happiness Account” and “Ieodo, Island of Legend and Existence”, as well as one collection of essays titled “Happy Companion”. She was the first president of the Ieodo Literature Association, the editor-in-chief of the Jejuin News, and worked as a research fellow at the Society of Ieodo Research. She served as a researcher at the Jeju Sea Grand Center at Jeju National University and a specially appointed professor at Jeju International University. Currently, she is editorial writer for the New Jeju Ilbo, special researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of Jeju National University, vice-president of the Jeju Regional Committee of the Korean PEN Center, Executive of the Jeju Institute for Korean Unification, and Executive of the Korean Association of Ethics. Yang Geum-Hee has won four literary awards.

Small moments, great happiness

In small moments, as always,

I feel great happiness.

 

When the morning sunlight shines on my face,

It’s like all the worries in the world disappear.

 

In the moment when the spring rain tickles my fingertips

And my palms get wet,

Or when I walk along the riverbank in the soft wind

And my face gets touched by the evening glow,

 

In the gentle breeze,

When the river water makes a rippling sound,

And in the moment when I can hear

The beating of my own heart,

 

Even in these small moments,

There is great happiness.

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Jeju-Island
Jeju Island

짧은 순간 행복

언제나 그렇듯 작은 순간에

행복을 느끼고 있네요

 

아침 햇살이 얼굴에 비치면

마치 세상 모든 걱정이 사라진 같아요

 

봄비가 손가락 끝을 간지럽히고

손바닥이 젖어오는 순간

부드러운 바람 부는 강변을 걷다가

저녁노을에 얼굴이 물드는 순간

 

부드러운 바람에

강물이 찰랑거리는 소리를 내는 순간

심장의 박동이

들리는 순간

 

이렇게 작은 순간에도

행복이 깃들어 있어

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