God's Gift Mothers(신의 선물 어머니)(영문판)(샘문 시선 1012)

시인 이인영의 〈신의 선물, 어머니〉의 영문판이 나왔다. 이인영 시인은 세상을 바라보는 따뜻한 눈을 가졌다. 또한, 어둡고 소외된 곳을 지나치지 않은 용기를 지녔다.



지난 8월 한글판이 나온 이후 모두 영어로 번역한 시집를 이어 내어놓으며, 그녀의 시가 외국의 독자들로부터 많은 사랑을 받기를 기대한다.



영미시와 현대시를 공부하는 학생들에게도 좋은 지침서가 되기를 희망하며 영문판을 내어 놓는다.



〈Writer's word〉

Gifts in language

I like to share my thoughts on translating my

poetry collection 『God's Gift ~ Mothers』 into the

English version,『God's Gift ~ Mothers』.

The part I like most from the Analects of

Confucius is this:

"If you like 'In(仁)' and you don't like learning

you become foolish, if you like wisdom and you

don't like learning, then the result is hollowness and

debauchery, if you like loyalty and you don't like

learning then it is harmful to righteousness, if you

like honesty and don't like learning you become

heartless, if you like courage but don't like learning

the result is violence and chaos, if you like to be

firm but don't like to learn the result is insanity."

Writing is a process and product of my learning.

'In(仁)' also means love. It is wondrous to see love

for people, things, and nature being united by poetry.

My name contains the characters 'In(仁)' and I want

to live up to the meaning of my name.

I want to express my thanks to my role models,

Prof. Seong-ho Yoo, Prof. Sang-ho Lee, Prof.

Jeong-min, Jae-bok Lee, Prof. Kyeong-seok Seo, Prof.

Do-heum Lee, Prof. Seong-hwan Cha, Prof. Seon-tae

Jeong, Prof. Dong-ok Shin, Prof. Heung-nyeon Kim,

Prof. Kyeong-dong Han.

I also want to express my gratitude to all poets

who share their hearts through literature.

Thank you to Tina Kim and Prof. Joseph Yi who

worked on the English translations, and my German

friend Proebstle, Niklas Benedikt Pascal, who translatred

the title poem into German.

This book has been made more meaningful to me

because of the help of these generous people.

Furthermore, I am grateful this collection of poetry

has been born again into the English language.

Although I won't be able to in person, I want to be

together with people through my poetry.

Lastly, I would like to express my appreciation to the readers of this book.

The optimistic love that meets the

sublime starlight Lee In-young's poetry

Yoo Seong-ho

(Professor of Korean Literature at Hanyang University and Critic)



1. The wisdom of a starlight and the energy

of a newborn

Lee In-young's collection of poetry 『God's Gift ~

Mothers』(2020) is a sincere confession filled with

the sublime beauty of the starlight. Inside is her own

introspection and pledges laden with love. This pulls

in the warmth of people into the heart. Like this,

Lee In-young embraces both herself and the reader

simultaneously. Her warm nature is refelcted in her

writing and touches our heart, giving consolation and

healing from the rough and dreary world we are

living in.

2. Mature language that reflects introspection

and resolutions.

Lyric poetry usually gets its motif from in between

reality and dream and becomes complete through

language. If it leans too much on one side, whether

it be the reality or the dream, it can only contain

part of the reasons and senses of humans. So lyric

poetry draws in the reality acutely, but also provides

abundant languages of the dream and sings of the

point of contact of reality and dream. This dream

heals the traces of the tragic ruins of reality and

helps the audience to pursue the imagination.



3. The power of memory spreading to a heart

of 'love'

Generally, the idea of 'memory' is something that

satisfies the characteristics of arts based on tempo of

lyric poetry, and also helps humans to discover and

realize their deep desires in an aggressive manner.

This is because most notions of time is in the form of

a memory inside lyric poetries. Memory is something

that has been a fixated method of lyric poetry, and

it was also born through the experience of poets

throughout time in an effort to bring back to life, or

reenact the things that are disappearing.

In-young searches for the roots of what made her

who she is through her own distinct memories.

Going back to the roots, she looks into herself in

the present. Looking back on the difficult times of

her life, her poem contains the narratives of the

tough times. This allows the reader to feel empathy

towards the writer and engages their emotions. The

song that calls for memories slowly spreads into a

feeling of love.



4. Life's paradoxical antibody and its' role

Lee In-young's poetry has a very imaginative aspects

of society. Whether it be an object or a memory, through the traces left behind after time has passed,

she discovers the history of life and death, the birth

and extinction of situations and projects herself into

it. To her history is not a stagnant time in the past,

but something that is alive and moving in the

present. This consistently confirms the poet's unique

poetic existence. The paradox of language creates the

power to lead the readers into a message of hope,

whether it be on a personal level, or a community.

Lee's first collection of poetry duplicates the

everyday lives of people, all the while containing the

paradoxical antibody that exists in lyric poetry. I

congratulate on Lee In-young's collection of poetry

and wish her to keep developing as a poet who

already possesses so much love and optimism.

Gifts in language 5

Part 1 : God's Gift ~ Mothers

God's Gift ~ Mothers 12

(German translation of 'God's Gift ~ Mothers')

Das Geschenk Gottes: M?tter 13

Squre snow 14

On the Stage of the Juvenile Detention Center

Poetry Recital 16

I call your name in my dream. Father 18

The North seen from the South 20

If Icould get closer to you 22

The Gold inside the train 24

The Whale's story 26

The Stone standing on a pond 28

I want to go inside a fridge 30

Love 32

Mt Baekdu 33

Korea's Thanksgiving 34

The Song of the Sea 35

The meaning of Marrige 36

5·18 Gwangju massacre 39

Part 2 : The Azalea Embracing the Sun



The Azalea Embracing the Sun 42

National Bankruptcy Day 43

The Soldier's accusation 45

A miraculous day 47

Guitarist 48

Wings 49

Namyeong-dong 1985 50

The laborer's hand 52

Yellow Petal 53

The homeless 54

New York, walking the warmth 55

The moment of the first footstep on the moon 56

Part 3 : The name called Love

The name called Love 60

The star cannot be seen in the sky. The star has fallen 61

Sand Art 62

Single Mother 63

Under the Sea 65

Sea 1 66

Sea 2 · 67

The ocean with the surging waves 68

The closed door in front of death 70

The fall of the Joseon dynasty 71

Jeju's Saebyeol Oreum 73



Part 4 : I am the tree reflected on the lake

I am the tree reflected on the lake 76

The arrow I shoot at the star 77

Bohemian Rhapsody 78

Red Mountain 79

Feast of the flames of love 80

The breathing Changdeokgung Palace 82

I became a bird 84

The countryside mother's hand 86

The beautiful star's death 87

Yongsan catastrophe 88

The earth seen from space 89

Japan's comfort women 91

Evening glow 94

Feminism 95

Jeju Sea 97

Graduation 98

Entrance 99

The year of the rat 100

You are right 101

The power of a question 102

Power of Optimism 103

Communication 104

The shape of the Heart 105

Whale 106

Turtle 107

Forest 108

Finger board 109

The child's self esteem 110

I walk inside the dream 111

Dance 113

Walking the sky 115

As twilight comes 116

The 88 train 117

Smart Phone 118

A smile 120

I am superman 121

Me inside the picture of myself 122

Dr Stephen Hawking 123

Succeeding life's wave 124

Cherry blossoms, the white Spring's energy 126

The speed of the Vacuum 127

Prayer for the homosexual 128

Aquaman 130

Ansi Fortress 132

The blind person on the train 134

Commentary of work

The optimistic love that meets the sublime starlight Lee

In-young's poetry 136

이인영 이인영



필명 : 멘나

서울시 용산구 출생

국민대학교 국어국문학과 졸업

국민대 교육대학원 졸업 (석사)

한양대학교 국어국문학과 박사과정 수료

샘터문예대학 시창작학과 수료

샘터문예대학 시낭송학과 수료

(사)한국문인협회 회원

(사)샘터문학 회원

(사)샘터문인협회 회원

(사)샘터문학신문 회원

(사)샘문시선 회원



〈자격증〉

시낭송가 2급 자격증 취득

시창작가 2급 자격증 취득



〈수상〉

시와문학 신인상 수상(평론,등단)

시와문학 신인상 수상(시,등단)



〈저서〉

네모난 눈

신의 선물 어머니(한글판/샘문시선)

신의 선물 어머니(영문판/샘문시선)



〈공저〉

태양의 하녀, 꽃

〈컨버전스 시집/샘문시선〉

봄의 손짓