[MANNAM] Have you ever heard about Korean famous poem 진달래꽃(jin-dal-rae-ggot)?

[MANNAM] Have you ever heard about Korean famous poem 진달래꽃(jin-dal-rae-ggot)?

When spring comes, you can see streets are full of colorful flowers.
Among them, I want to talk about the pink flower the Azaleas.
There is a famous poem named Azaleas and in this poem, you can see what this flower represents.

진달래꽃
                              김소월

나 보기가 역겨워
가실 때에는
말없이 고이 보내 드리오리다.


영변(寧邊)에 약산(藥山)
진달래꽃
아름 따다 가실 길에 뿌리오리다.


가시는 걸음 걸음
놓인 그 꽃을
사뿐히 즈려 밟고 가시옵소서.


나 보기가 역겨워
가실 때에는
죽어도 아니 눈물 흘리오리다.

AZALEAS
                 Kim so wol

When you leave, tired of me,
I will be ready to let you go,
no complaints, whatsoever.

And I will carpet your way
with azaleas, armfuls,
from the familiar Yaksan hill.

May you enjoy light steps
on the flowers for your path
as you go ahead, if you like.

When you leave, tired of me,
I surely won't cry,
no tears, never.

This is one of well known Korean famous poem.
In this poem, the 진달래꽃(jin-dal-rae-ggot), Azaleas represent love, blame, devotion and sadness.
You can also see Korean culture in this poem.
As you see, in the poem, he expressed sad feeling as blessing and beautifully.
Korean used to be patience and keep resentment rather than shout it out to others.
Also they are very devoted and love consistently.
Although many things has changed but still, these characters are involves in Korean.
This poem is so famous that it has made to a song.
You can find singer 'Maya' sing this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myqdnWKmDvc&playnext=1&list=PLD1671FC8E287E291

Moreover, you can learn these kinds of Korean language culture in MANNAM KOREAN CLASS:)