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Kim Hyesoon
LEAN ON THE WATER Day Four
Lean your body on the water and cling to itCan’t bear it any longer. I twist my body
holding on to the fingers of water and
wear a coat woven with water’s hair
I crouch and cover my face
Let’s be slant together
Let’s fall embracing each other
After I jump off
it’ll be your turn to jump
When I throw down the fishing line
please bite on the hook and bob up
I’ll do the same next time
Plead to
the water that talks to itself more than you do
It babbles on when it’s drunk
so I take the rain home
Water pours in through the window
You’re about to lean
on it
but the water
leans on you even more
© Translation: 2018, Don Mee Choi
From: Autobiography of Death
Publisher: New Directions, New York, 2018
From: Autobiography of Death
Publisher: New Directions, New York, 2018
LEUNEN OP WATER dag vier
het lichaam voorover geleund houd jij je vastik kan het niet meer aan het lichaam trekt krom
ik graai naar de vingers van het water
en ik draag een jas geweven van de haren van het water
knielend bedek ik mijn gezicht
laten we samen scheeftrekken
laten we elkaar omarmen en vallen
spring ik omlaag
dan spring jij op jouw beurt omlaag
gooi ik de hengel uit
dan hap jij naar de draad en komt omhoog
de volgende keer probeer ik het
ik richt een smeekbede
tot het water dat meer in zichzelf praat dan jij
gaat het voort in zijn dronken verwarring
neem ik de regen mee naar huis
het water dat door het venster naar binnen wil
het water
dat eens te meer komt leunen
op jou
die daarop leunen wil
© Vertaling: 2021, Lucas Hüsgen
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© 2016, Kim Hyesoon
From: Autobiography of Death
Publisher: Moonhaksilheomsil, Seoul
From: Autobiography of Death
Publisher: Moonhaksilheomsil, Seoul
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LEAN ON THE WATER Day Four
Lean your body on the water and cling to itCan’t bear it any longer. I twist my body
holding on to the fingers of water and
wear a coat woven with water’s hair
I crouch and cover my face
Let’s be slant together
Let’s fall embracing each other
After I jump off
it’ll be your turn to jump
When I throw down the fishing line
please bite on the hook and bob up
I’ll do the same next time
Plead to
the water that talks to itself more than you do
It babbles on when it’s drunk
so I take the rain home
Water pours in through the window
You’re about to lean
on it
but the water
leans on you even more
© 2018, Don Mee Choi
From: Autobiography of Death
Publisher: 2018, New Directions, New York
From: Autobiography of Death
Publisher: 2018, New Directions, New York
LEAN ON THE WATER Day Four
Lean your body on the water and cling to itCan’t bear it any longer. I twist my body
holding on to the fingers of water and
wear a coat woven with water’s hair
I crouch and cover my face
Let’s be slant together
Let’s fall embracing each other
After I jump off
it’ll be your turn to jump
When I throw down the fishing line
please bite on the hook and bob up
I’ll do the same next time
Plead to
the water that talks to itself more than you do
It babbles on when it’s drunk
so I take the rain home
Water pours in through the window
You’re about to lean
on it
but the water
leans on you even more
© 2018, Don Mee Choi
From: Autobiography of Death
Publisher: 2018, New Directions, New York
From: Autobiography of Death
Publisher: 2018, New Directions, New York
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