Prayer of Loving Sorrow
Prayer of Loving Sorrow
Prayer of Loving Sorrow
Korean
naegeneun gotongbake eopseupnida.
geugeot malgoneun amugeotdo baraji anseupnida.
gotongeun naege chungsilhaetgo, jigeumdo byeonhami eopseupnida.
nae yeonghoni simyeonui badakeul hemel ttaeedo.
gotongeun neul gyeote ana nareul jikyeojueoteuni
eotteotge gotongeul wonmanghagetseupnikka.
a gotongiyeo, neoneun gyeolko naegeseo tteonaji angetgie naneun machimnae neoreul
jongyeonghagie ireureotda.
English
I have nothing but my sorrow and I want nothing more. It has been, it still is,
faithful to me.
Why should I begrudge it, since during the hours when my soul crushed the depths of
my heart,
it was seated there beside me?
O sorrow, I have ended, you see, by respecting you, because I am certain you will
never leave me.
Ah! I realize it: your beauty lies in the force of your being.
You are like those who never left the sad fireside corner of my poor black heart.
O my sorrow, you are better than a well-beloved: because I know that on the day of
my final agony,
you will be there, lying in my sheets, O sorrow, so that you might once again
attempt to enter my heart.