Friday, July 03, 2020

What does a captured bean think?

ANSWER: I can only guess.

Do Koreans also associate the color green with "envy"? Do they associate any color with "envy"?
Anyway, today, for some reason, I suddenly started thinking about beans and wrote the following silly poem in Korean:

"잡힌 콩알"
"The Captured Bean," by Gerry Bevers

콩알이 젓가락에 잡혔다.
A bean was caught up by chopsticks.
잡힌데에 너무 창피해서
It was so embarrassed at being caught
얼굴이 적두인듯 빨갛다.
its face was as red as a red bean.
안 잡힌 친구들을 보고서
Seeing its friends that were not caught,
마음이 녹두인듯 부럽다.
its heart was as envious as a green bean.
앞에 다가오는 입을 보고
Seeing the approaching mouth in front of it,
미래가 흑두인듯 가맣다.
its future seemed as a black as a black bean.

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