After watching the tragedies of Haiitian earrthquakes over two weeks,

after reading a series of stories regarding Robert Park reminding us of

what's been going on in North Korea over half a century,

after watching Obama's the state of the union speech last night, reminding us

of all the problems we are faced with,

after watching the stock market once again having a small crash, reminding us

of the ever increasing unemployment and the suffering of so many,

I couldn't help asking why, why, why I have to write joyful poems.

This was the only answer I could come up with.

In a sense, it looks and feels to be selfish when you only sing while others are suffering.
But one has only so much he can do to take care of everything else around him.
One possibly can not handle the gigantic force of disasters.
He simply has no control over them.

I guess we should not feel guilty for being helpless for everyone of these earthly problems.
There may be certains things you can do something about
but there are so much others that we can't.

Let the blue bird sing,
Let her song heard all over the world,
Let people of the world Love and Share each other.

I could feel Your Pain, sun-bae-nim.

 

Let us not blue bird losing her beautiful voice!

You added the letter 'ONLY' on 'I can sing'
making this poem warmer! Dr. Lee!

Our world of these days need lots of the letter,"ONLY".

석주님!

조의열선생의 사진과 아름다운 음악이 이시를 더
가슴에 닿아오게 하네요.  추카!   규정

Thank you very much for your understanding comments, gentlemen.
Today is a typical, January Michigan weather, very cold yet sunny.
Detroit alumni and spouses are having a dinner gathering tonite
with Dr. Joh Euiyul's(66) special presentation of his photo collections and
Dr. Lee, Min Woo's(67) special presentation, both whom are well-known talents.

I was informed of this two days ago by our Dr. Nam, Sunghee(62),
president of Michigan Chapter of SNUCMAA.
My wife and I are looking forward to seeing the familiar faces of our alumni and their wives,
probably some 40 of them.

Sukjoo appreciates your comment very much, Dr. Hwang.

Sir, when you get together in Michgan winter,
please drink some wine or something and get drunk a bit.
That will keep you guys warm for a while.

I know that Dr. Joh Euiyul*66 is coming here tomorrow.
Please don't send him here "frozen". He will never get unfrozen and recover in Colorado.
Make sure to keep him "Hot, or at least warm". Then we will try to get him moving.

My best wishes for your wonderful meeting.

Thank you for your concern, webmaster.
Sukjoo and I just came home after a great evening with some 23 couples of
Michigan alumni and spouses.
As always, it was an atmosphere of an extended family gathering.
All of alumni and their spouses have lived here in Detroit Metro over 30 years together.
I've been here since 1966, for example.

Dr. Joh's presentation consisting of understanding camera in general  and
the collection of artistic, professional pictures was most impressive.
Dr. Lee's humorous presentation was equally entertaining.
All of us alumni including your friend, Dr. Joh, were warmed up well with
plenty of Soju.
One thing I must tell you after looking at all the pictures Dr. Joh took
was that those out of Michigan were better than any others.
You might say I am a little biased.
By the way, the temperature tonite was 9 degree, but there was a full moon and no cloud.
Nobody was complaining of cold temperature all through the evening.

왜 나는 오직 노래만 불러야 하나?

왜 나는 오직 노래만 불러야 하나?
온 세상은 끊없는 고통과 비극으로 가득한데.
왜 나는 오직 노래만 불러야 하나?
헤이티의 대지진은 헤아릴수없는 생명들을 앗아가고,
북한의 부자 독재자들은 반세기가 넘도록
무죄한 동포들에게 잔악한 짓들과 수없는 그고통을
지금도 계속하고 있는데.
왜 나는 오직 노래만 불러야 하나?
이 계속되는 경제불황은 그 많은 사람들에게
그와같은 고통, 빈곤, 불확실한 미래를 가져다주는데.
왜 나는 오직 노래만 불러야 하나?
이 모든 비극들, 비참 가운데서, 그리고
그 끊없는 고통중에서도.
왜 나는 오직 노래만 불러야 하나?
진실로 말하건데 인류역사가
그와같은 고통, 비극, 잔악한 행위들로 가득한데.

내 보잘것없는 영혼은 조그만 파랑새,
큰 숲에서 완전히 길을 잃어버렸도다.
태어난뒤로
무엇을 보거나, 듣거나, 느끼던간에
오직 밝은 노래뿐이로다.
다른일이라곤 생각할수도 없도다.

내 보잘것없는 영혼은
들판에 나있는 무명의 조그만 꽃,
그것은 오직 자기주위를 싼,
온갖 생명들의 아름다움밖에 모르도다.
그것이 꼭 해야할일이란
주위의 다른 그분의 창조물들과같이
오직 자기의 아름다움을 뽐내는 일이도다.

내 보잘것없는 영혼은
눈으로 덮힌 일월달 북미시간의
그 순진한 사슴이로다.
눈쌓인 숲에서 뛰노는 그 사슴,
어디가면 눈밑에서 옥수수 찾을수 있다는것,
그이상은 다른 아무 관심없이 뛰노는구나.

나는 오직 노래 부르련다.
다른 아무것도 할수없다.
나쁘고,슬프고, 비극적이고,
비탄에 잠기게 하는 온갖가지일들 그리고
죽음들이 끝이 없어도 말이다.
왜냐하면
나는 노래하려 이세상에 태어났기에.
왜냐하면
나는 저 파랑새, 저 들꽃, 저 사슴과 같이,
그분이 그렇게 만드셨기에.
왜냐하면
나는 그분의 무한한 사랑으로 만들어졌기에.

...........

우리말로 번역을 해봤읍니다.