Korean–English parallel text
해변의 크누트 왕
King Canute on the Seashore
James Baldwin (1841–1925)
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Opening the reader…
알프레드 대왕의 시대가 지나고 백 년쯤 뒤에 잉글랜드에는 크누트라는 왕이 있었다. 크누트 왕은 데인인이었지만, 그때의 데인인들은 알프레드 왕과 전쟁을 벌이던 시절만큼 사납고 잔인하지는 않았다.
A hundred years or more after the time of Alfred the Great there was a king of England named Canute. King Canute was a Dane; but the Danes were not so fierce and cruel then as they had been when they were at war with King Alfred.
크누트 왕 곁에 있던 귀족들과 신하들은 언제나 왕을 칭송했다.
The great men and officers who were around King Canute were always praising him.
한 신하가 “전하는 지금까지 살았던 사람 가운데 가장 위대한 분이십니다”라고 말하곤 했다.
“You are the greatest man that ever lived,” one would say.
그러면 다른 신하가 “전하! 전하처럼 강력한 분은 다시는 없을 것입니다”라고 말하곤 했다.
Then another would say, “O king! there can never be another man so mighty as you.”
또 다른 신하는 “위대한 크누트 전하, 세상에 감히 전하의 말씀을 거역할 수 있는 것은 아무것도 없습니다”라고 말하곤 했다.
And another would say, “Great Canute, there is nothing in the world that dares to disobey you.”
왕은 분별이 있는 사람이었기에, 그런 어리석은 말을 듣는 것에 몹시 지쳐 있었다.
The king was a man of sense, and he grew very tired of hearing such foolish speeches.
어느 날 왕은 바닷가에 있었고 신하들도 함께 있었다. 신하들은 늘 하던 대로 왕을 칭송하고 있었다.
One day he was by the seashore, and his officers were with him. They were praising him, as they were in the habit of doing.
왕은 이제 그들에게 교훈을 주어야겠다고 생각해서, 물가 바로 옆 백사장에 의자를 놓으라고 명령했다.
He thought that now he would teach them a lesson, and so he bade them set his chair on the beach close by the edge of the water.
“내가 세상에서 가장 위대한 사람인가?” 왕이 물었다.
“Am I the greatest man in the world?” he asked.
“전하! 전하만큼 강력한 분은 아무도 없습니다”라고 신하들이 외쳤다.
“O king!” they cried, “there is no one so mighty as you.”
“모든 것이 나에게 복종하는가?” 왕이 물었다.
“Do all things obey me?” he asked.
“전하, 감히 전하께 복종하지 못하는 것은 아무것도 없습니다! 세상이 전하 앞에 무릎을 꿇고 영광을 돌리고 있습니다”라고 신하들이 말했다.
“There is nothing that dares to disobey you, O king!” they said. “The world bows before you, and gives you honor.”
“바다도 나에게 복종하겠는가?” 왕이 물으며 발치에서 모래를 적시는 작은 파도를 내려다보았다.
“Will the sea obey me?” he asked; and he looked down at the little waves which were lapping the sand at his feet.
어리석은 신하들은 어리둥절했지만, 감히 “아닙니다”라고 말할 수는 없었다.
The foolish officers were puzzled, but they did not dare to say “No.”
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