반달
(Pan Tal)
by Yoon Suk-Joong
반달
(Pan Tal)
Half-Moon
Children's Song
Children's Song
(Korean)
(English)
Pou roun ha noul
Oun-ha sou
Ha yan tchok pae en
Kye sou na
Mou han-na mou
To kki han ma ri
Tot tae to
A ni tal ko
Sat tae to op si
Ka ki to
Tchal to kan ta
So tchok
Na ra ro.
In a small, white boat
In the blue sky
Are a cinnamon tree and a rabbit.
Without sail and without oar,
Yet gliding,
Gliding smoothly to a western shore.
Sailing across the Milky Way
To the land of clouds.
Where does it journey
Beyond the land of clouds?
Towards the sparkling reflection
So far away,
To the beacon light of a new dawn.
Now, child, find a road.

Computerized Text
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푸른하늘 은하수 하얀 쪽 배엔
계수나무 한 나무 토끼 한 마리
돛대도 아니 달고 삿대도 없이
가기도 잘도간다 서쪽 나라로
은하수를 건너서 구름나라로
구름나라 지나선 어디로 가나
멀리서 반짝반짝 비치이는 건
샛별이 등대란다 길을 찾아라

Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Sook-Kih Park, Librarian at the Korean Cultural Service in New York, a part of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, for contributing this song, the sheet music, and the illustration.
