벙어리 삼룡이
Samnyong the Mute
by Na Do-hyang
Village memories reveal the toil and mistreatment of silent Samryong.
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내가I (as subject)열살이ten years old (with subject particle)될낙말낙할just about to become / on the verge of turningᄯᅢthe time when이닛가it was (archaic emphatic ending)지금으로부터from now십사오년전일이다it is fourteen or fifteen years agoIt was when I was about to turn ten—that is, about fourteen or fifteen years ago from now.
지금은now / these days그곳을that place (object)청엽정靑葉町Cheongyeopjeong (靑葉町, the place name)이라부르지만은but they call it / although it is called그ᄯᅢ는at that time / back then련화봉蓮花峰Yeonhwabong (蓮花峰, the place name)이라고일음하얏다was called / was named즉that is / namely남대문南大門Namdaemun (南大門, the Great South Gate)에서from바로내다보면은if you look straight out오정포가Ojeongpo (subject)노여잇는산등성이가잇스니there is a hill where it lies그산등성이that hill이ᄶᅩᆨ이this side of연화봉이오is Yeonhwabong, and그사에in between that잇는동리가the village that is there (subject)역시likewise / also련화봉이다is YeonhwabongNow that place is called Cheongyeopjeong, but back then it was called Yeonhwabong. That is, right from Namdaemun, you can see a hill where Ojeongpo is; this side of the hill is Yeonhwabong, and the village there is also Yeonhwabong.
지금은now그곳에in that place빈민굴貧民窟slum (with the Sino-Korean gloss)이라고할수밧게업시with no way to call it anything but지저분한촌락이생기고a dirty village arose, and로동자들밧게only workers살지안는곳이되어바리엿스나became a place where (they) do not live, but그thatᄯᅢtime에는at (that time)자긔네their ownᄯᅡᆫland은(topic marker)행세한다는사람들이잇섯다there were people who acted as if they were somebodyNow that place has become a dirty village that can only be called a slum, and it has become a place where only workers live, but back then there were people who acted as if they were somebody in their own land.
집이라고는as for houses (there were only...)십여호밧게잇지안엇고there were only about ten households, and그곳에in that place사는사람들은the people who live (there)대개mostly과목밧을하고farmed fruit-tree orchards andᄯᅩ는or (else)채소를vegetables심으거나planted, or그러치안이하면if not that콩나물을bean sprouts길러서grew, and so생활을하여갓섯다made a livingThere were only about ten houses, and the people living there mostly farmed fruit trees, or planted vegetables, or if not, grew bean sprouts to make a living.
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About the book
"A Deaf-Mute Sam-ryong" is one of Na Do-hyang's short stories, first published in the inaugural issue of Yeommyeong (Dawn) in July 1925. It tells of Sam-ryong, who carries the fatal weakness of being mute in a world ruled by social status and money, and whose feelings for his mistress lead him into an inevitable turn toward rebellion.
About the author
Na Do-hyang (Korean: 나도향, 30 March 1902 – 26 August 1927) was a Korean writer. He was born in Seoul.
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