If you drive for about 30 minutes going up meandering Namhan River from Danyang, which is said to be a good place for gods to live, to Yeongwol, you will find Yeongchun that surrounded by the foot of Mt. Taehwa like a folding screen.
On the other side of Mt. Taehwa, Mt. Sobaek faces Mt. Seong, which was cut into a cliff by the Namhan River while wriggling down. In Mt. Seong, there is Ondal fortress, which has stood tall for more than a thousand years with the grit of chieftain.
In Yeongchun, on the day the moon rises, two moons rise. One is the serene moon in the fortress. Another is the waning moon in the middle of the river.
But in Yeongchun people’s mind, day or night, the intact moon is only here Ondal, the bridegroom of Princess Pyeonggang, whose love and the soul of hot-blooded salvation fell like petals.
Youngchun is secluded now, but there were good times.(본문 중 일부)
「Romantic Don Quixote」는 「나는 다시 태어났다」의 영어 번역본입니다.
한서영
현재 대학에 재학 중이며, 한국문학의 영어 번역에 관심을 가지고 활동하고 있음.