Korean–English parallel text

북풍과 태양

The North Wind and the Sun

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태양이 말했다. “우리 저 나그네의 외투를 먼저 벗기는 쪽이 더 강한 것으로 하자.”

“Let us agree,” said the Sun, “that he is the stronger who can strip that Traveler of his cloak.”

북풍이 으르렁거리며 대답했다. “좋아.” 그러고는 즉시 차갑고 거센 바람을 나그네에게 불어 보냈다.

“Very well,” growled the North Wind, and at once sent a cold, howling blast against the Traveler.

첫 번째 돌풍이 불자 외투 자락이 나그네의 몸 주위로 휘날렸다. 하지만 나그네는 즉시 외투를 몸에 꼭 여몄고, 바람이 세게 불면 불수록 그는 외투를 더욱 단단히 움켜쥐었다.

With the first gust of wind the ends of the cloak whipped about the Traveler’s body. But he immediately wrapped it closely around him, and the harder the Wind blew, the tighter he held it to him.

북풍은 화가 나서 외투를 잡아 뜯을 듯이 세차게 불었지만, 모든 노력은 허사였다.

The North Wind tore angrily at the cloak, but all his efforts were in vain.

그때 태양이 빛나기 시작했다. 처음에는 햇살이 부드러웠고, 북풍의 혹독한 추위 끝에 느껴지는 기분 좋은 따스함에 나그네는 외투 단추를 풀고 어깨에 느슨하게 걸쳤다. 태양의 햇살은 점점 더 뜨거워졌다.

Then the Sun began to shine. At first his beams were gentle, and in the pleasant warmth after the bitter cold of the North Wind, the Traveler unfastened his cloak and let it hang loosely from his shoulders. The Sun’s rays grew warmer and warmer.

그 남자는 모자를 벗고 이마의 땀을 닦았다. 마침내 그는 너무 더워진 나머지 외투를 벗어 던졌고, 내리쬐는 햇볕을 피해 길가 나무의 반가운 그늘 아래 몸을 눕혔다.

The man took off his cap and mopped his brow. At last he became so heated that he pulled off his cloak, and, to escape the blazing sunshine, threw himself down in the welcome shade of a tree by the roadside.

강압과 으름장이 실패하는 곳에서 부드러움과 친절한 설득이 승리한다.

Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail.

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