Poem translation?
There's a contest going on and to enter you need to have a poem. Can someone help me translate this acrostic? Thank you!
(성)주 - sungjoo who warms my heart
(탄)알 - bullet filled with love shooting my heart
(절)망 - despair what i feel in my heart when you're sad
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Answers · 2
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I have a couple of suggestions.
Firstly, I think it would read better if regularized to three lines of similar meter, a bit like 시조(a Korean traditional poetry genre which uses three balanced lines).
Secondly, in a poem, 탄환(bullet) might sound better than 탄알 which is too much of a street word.
With these ideas, I tried rewriting it like this:
성주 내 마음을 녹여주는 이
탄환 돼 내 가슴에 사랑 쏘고
절망은 그대 슬플 때 내 마음
In English the equivalent may be:
Sungjoo, the one that warms my heart
Bullet of love you shoot my heart with
Despair is what I feel when you're sad
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성주, 나의 가슴을 따뜻하게 하는 그 이름은
탄알처럼 내 가슴에 박혀 사랑으로 채웁니다.
절망을 내 가슴이 느낄 때면 슬퍼하는 당신때문 임을 전 압니다.
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