시조의형식에담아낸깊고너른인간의삶
『세상의모든딸들』은1980년등단한이래9권의시조집을펴낸김일연시인이,‘가족’이라는큰주제곁에현대인의보편적삶과오랜공동체의삶을나란히위치시키며풀어나간시조선집이다.작품활동뿐만아니라유튜브등을통해서시조를알리는데진력해온시인답게이번시집은국영문대역판으로출간하여해외독자들도시조를만날수있도록하였다.
이시집의시들은시조고유의형식미라할리듬감,즉운율(율격)을엄정히지키면서도현대의삶과보편적인인간의삶을그려내는데성공하고있다.작품해설을쓴류미야시인의말을빌리면“그것은시인이자신의시정(詩情)은물론,타인의고통과세계의이면에대해열린마음과상상력을발휘하는데주저하지않는까닭”이다.가장한국적이면서도보편적이고근원적인인간의삶을담은이시집의시들을읽어내려가는동안독자들은끊임없이파도에젖는해변처럼어느새공감과감동의물결에내내마음을적시게될것이다.
Capturingthebreadthanddepthofhumanexistenceinthesijoform
AlltheDaughtersoftheEarthisacollectionofsijopoemsbyKimIlyeon,apoetwhohaspublishedninesijocollectionssincemakingherliterarydebutin1980.Inthiscollection,shejuxtaposesthelargerthemeof“family”withtheuniversalexperienceofcontemporarylivesandexistenceinlong-standingcommunities.FittinglyenoughforsomeonewhohasdedicatedherselfnotonlytocreativeactivitiesbutalsotoraisingawarenessofsijothroughYouTubeandothermedia,thecollectionispresentedinboththeoriginalKoreanandtheEnglishtranslationinanefforttobringsijotoawideraudience.
Thepoemsheresucceedinrepresentingcontemporarylivesandtheuniversalityofhumanexperiencewhileadheringstrictlytotherhythmthatisoneofthesijogenre’sdefiningfeatures.InthewordsoffellowpoetRyuMi-ya,whocontributesherowninterpretationofthework,thiscanbetracedtothewaysinwhichthepoet“displaysherownpoeticsense,andatthesametimedoesnothesitatetoshowanopenmindinimaginingthesufferingofothersandthehiddenaspectsoftheworld.”Astheyreadthroughpoemsreflectinghumanlivesthatareatonceuniversal,fundamental,andspecifictotheKoreanexperience,readersexperienceemotionandcommunionasiftheywerewaveswashingendlesslyoverabeach.
유려하고도명징한언어를통해보여주는서정과사유의극점
시인은생의속성을짧은한편의시속에놀랍도록선명하게그려내고(「백합의노래」),‘사랑의배후가되는사랑’,‘모든사랑의근원’인모성과어머니에대한그리움을노래한다(「별」,「딸」,「뉴욕에있는딸에게」).아울러공동체적삶의과거와현재에대한성찰을드러내며(「토끼풀여린한잎」,「콜라를마시며」,「물」),한국의고유문화나현대적도시의삶을그리면서(「아리랑변주」,「서울예수」,「옷가게에서」,「이모식당에서」)자연과생명,지구적인삶을돌아본다(「몽골후기」,「서(西)고비의향초」,「친환경레시피」).이렇듯김일연시인은시조라는문학적관습의강력한제약속에서도유려하고도명징한언어를통해활달한서정과사유의극점을보여준다.
오늘의한류의뿌리에는한국어의정체성을그안에담고한국인의맥박속에서함께두근거려온시조가있다.바로그시조를일생의과업으로삼고아름다운노래의꽃을피워온김일연의시조에는예술가의혼과사랑이깃들어있다.이제세계인들이그가장오래되고가장새로운노래,가장한국적이면서도모두의마음을울려줄‘시조’와만날차례다.
Thequintessenceoflyricismandreflectioninlanguagethatiselegantandlucid
KimIlyeoncapturesthequalitiesoflifewithastonishingvividnessinasinglepoem(“SongofaClam”)andexpressesherlongingforhermotherandformotherhoodasthelovebehindallloveandtheoriginoflove(“AStar,”“ADaughter,”“ToMyDaughterinNewYork”).Shesharesreflectionsonthepastandpresentofcommunitylife(“OneSoftCloverLeaf,”“DrinkingCola,”“Water”),sketchesimagesofKorea’scultureandlifeinitscontemporarycities(“ArirangVariations,”“SeoulJesus,”“InaClothesStore,”“AtAuntie’sRestaurant”),andreflectsontheglobalexperienceandtheconnectionsofnatureandlife(“EpilogueinMongolia,”“FragrantHerbsintheWesternGobi,”“Eco-friendlyRecipe”).Workingwithinthecloseconstraintsofsijoconventions,Kimshowsthequintessenceoflyricsandreflectioninlanguagethatiselegantandlucid.
ThelinguisticidentityofKoreanisreflectedintoday’sKoreanWave,withthesijogenrebeingaliving,beatingpartoftheKoreanpulse.Asapoet,KimIlyeonmadeitherlife’sworktogivethisgenreexpressioninbeautifulsongsthatharbortheartist’ssoulandlove.Nowitistimefortherestoftheworldtoencountersijoasagenrethatisbothincomparablyoldandnew,profoundlyKoreanandresonanttoeachandeveryheart.
