Inside the mirror is soundless
Perhaps no other world is so silent
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Inside the mirror I still have ears
Two pitiful ears cannot understand my words
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Inside the mirror I am a lefty who knows not
how to take handshake — a lefty who knows no handshakes
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Because of the mirror I cannot meet the me-inside-the-mirror
Because of the mirror I get to meet the me-inside-the-mirror
*
I do not have the mirror now but the me-inside-the-mirror is in it
I would not know but he is probably obsessed with his lefty work
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The me-inside-the-mirror is the opposite of me and yet
looks quite like me -I am disappointed
I cannot agonize over and examine the me-inside-the-mirror
Yi Sang, October 1933
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거울속에도내게귀가있소 내말을못알아듣는딱한귀가두개나있소
거울속의나는왼손잡이오 내악수(握手)를받을줄모르는악수(握手)를모르는왼손잡이오
거울때문에나는거울속의나를만져보지를못하는구료마는 거울아니었던들내가어찌거울속의나를만나보기만이라도했겠소
나는지금(至今)거울을안가졌소마는거울속에는늘거울속의내가있소 잘은모르지만외로된사업(事業)에골몰할께요
거울속의나는참나와는반대(反對)요마는 또꽤닮았소 나는거울속의나를근심하고진찰(診察)할수없으니퍽섭섭하오
