Day 95: The Barber Who Knew My Father

Dialogue

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   A 사장님, 오늘은 머리 자르러 온 게 아니라서요. 혹시 박 정 자, 호 자 쓰시는 분 기억하세요? 매달 오시던 분인데요.

   Sajangnim, oneureun meori jareureo on ge aniraseoyo. Hoksi bak jeong ja, ho ja sseusineun bun gieokaseyo? Maedal osideon bunindeyo.

   I'm not here for a haircut today, sir. Do you remember a Mr Park Jeongho, by any chance? He used to come in every month.

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   B 박 선생님을 모를 리가 있나요. 삼십 년 단골이신데요. 그러고 보니 요즘 통 안 오셨네요. 혹시...

   Bak seonsaengnimeul moreul riga innayo. Samsip nyeon dangorisindeyo. Geureogo boni yojeum tong an osyeonneyo. Hoksi...

   How could I not know Mr Park? He's been a regular for thirty years. Come to think of it, he hasn't been in for a while. Is he...

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   A 네, 지난주에 돌아가셨어요. 저는 아들 되는 박민재라고 합니다. 직접 말씀드리려고 왔어요. 모레 추모식에서 제가 추도사를 읽는데, 막상 쓰려니까 아버지에 대해 아는 게 없더라고요.

   Ne, jinanjue doragasyeosseoyo. Jeoneun adeul doeneun bangminjaerago hamnida. Jikjeop malsseumdeuriryeogo wasseoyo. More chumosigeseo jega chudosareul ingneunde, maksang sseuryeonikka abeojie daehae aneun ge eopdeoragoyo.

   Yes, he passed away last week. I'm his son, Minjae. I wanted to tell you in person. I'm reading the eulogy at the memorial the day after tomorrow, and when I sat down to write it, I realised I hardly know anything about my father.

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   B 아이고, 이게 무슨... 이렇게 갑자기 가실 줄은 몰랐네요. 고인의 명복을 빕니다. 여기 좀 앉으세요. 커피라도 한잔 타 드릴게요.

   Aigo, ige museun... ireoke gapjagi gasil jureun mollanneyo. Goinui myeongbogeul bimnida. Yeogi jom anjeuseyo. Keopirado hanjan ta deurilgeyo.

   Oh no, what... I never thought he'd go so suddenly. May he rest in peace. Please, sit down. Let me make you a coffee at least.

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   A 감사합니다. 사장님은 여기서 아버지랑 무슨 얘기를 하셨어요? 집에서는 말씀이 거의 없으셨거든요.

   Gamsahamnida. Sajangnimeun yeogiseo abeojirang museun yaegireul hasyeosseoyo? Jibeseoneun malsseumi geoui eopseusyeotgeodeunyo.

   Thank you. What did you and my father talk about here? At home he hardly ever said a word.

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   B 말씀이 없으셨다고요? 여기서는 의자에 앉으시자마자 이야기를 시작하셨는데요. 그리고 거의 다 아드님 얘기였어요.

   Malsseumi eopseusyeotdagoyo? Yeogiseoneun uijae anjeusijamaja iyagireul sijakasyeonneundeyo. Geurigo geoui da adeunim yaegiyeosseoyo.

   He hardly said a word? Here he'd start talking the moment he sat in the chair. And it was nearly always about you.

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   A 제 얘기요? 아버지가요? 저한테는 칭찬 한마디 하신 적이 없는데요.

   Je yaegiyo? Abeojigayo? Jeohanteneun chingchan hanmadi hasin jeogi eomneundeyo.

   About me? My father? He never said a single word of praise to me.

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   B 머리라면 아버님은 한결같이 짧고 단정하게 자르셨죠. 그런데 가끔 '오늘은 좀 더 신경 써 주게' 하시는 날이 있었어요. 그런 날은 꼭 민재 씨한테 무슨 일이 있었어요.

   Meoriramyeon abeonimeun hangyeolgachi jjalgo danjeonghage jareusyeotjyo. Geureonde gakkeum 'oneureun jom deo singyeong sseo juge' hasineun nari isseosseoyo. Geureon nareun kkok Minjae ssihante museun iri isseosseoyo.

   When it came to his hair, your father always kept it short and neat, without fail. But now and then he'd say, 'Take a bit more care today.' On those days, something was always happening for you, Minjae.

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   A 저한테 무슨 일이 있는 날이요? 예를 들면 어떤 날이요?

   Jeohante museun iri inneun nariyo? Yereul deulmyeon eotteon nariyo?

   Days when something was happening for me? What kind of days, for example?

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    B 민재 씨 대학 입학식 전날, 첫 출근 전날, 결혼식 전날이요. 결혼식 때는 흰머리 하나 안 보이게 염색까지 하셨어요.

    Minjae ssi daehak iphaksik jeonnal, cheot chulgeun jeonnal, gyeolhonsik jeonnariyo. Gyeolhonsik ttaeneun huinmeori hana an boige yeomsaekkkaji hasyeosseoyo.

    The day before your university entrance ceremony, the day before your first day at work, the day before your wedding. For the wedding, he even had his hair dyed so not a single grey one would show.

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    A 결혼식 때 아버지 머리가 유난히 까맸던 게 그래서였군요. 저는 그냥 사진이 그렇게 나온 줄 알았어요.

    Gyeolhonsik ttae abeoji meoriga yunanhi kkamaetdeon ge geuraeseoyeotgunyo. Jeoneun geunyang sajini geureoke naon jul arasseoyo.

    So that's why Dad's hair was so unusually black at my wedding. I thought it was just the photos.

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    B 입학식 전날에는 '우리 애가 나 닮아서 말솜씨가 없는데, 대학 가서 친구는 사귀려나' 하시면서 한참을 걱정하셨고요.

    Iphaksik jeonnareneun 'uri aega na dalmaseo malsomssiga eomneunde, daehak gaseo chinguneun sagwiryeona' hasimyeonseo hanchameul geokjeonghasyeotgoyo.

    And the day before your entrance ceremony, he spent ages worrying: 'My boy takes after me, he's not much of a talker. I wonder if he'll make friends at university.'

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    A 그 얘기를 저한테 한 번만 하셨으면 좋았을 텐데요. 아버지는 왜 그런 말씀을 여기서만 하셨을까요?

    Geu yaegireul jeohante han beonman hasyeosseumyeon joasseul tendeyo. Abeojineun wae geureon malsseumeul yeogiseoman hasyeosseulkkayo?

    If only he'd said that to me, even once. Why do you think he only said those things here?

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    B 제 생각엔 거울 때문이에요. 여기 앉으면 다들 거울 속 자기 얼굴만 보잖아요. 남하고 눈을 안 마주치고 말할 수 있으니까 편한 거죠.

    Je saenggagen geoul ttaemunieyo. Yeogi anjeumyeon dadeul geoul sok jagi eolgulman bojanayo. Namhago nuneul an majuchigo malhal su isseunikka pyeonhan geojyo.

    I think it's the mirror. When people sit here, they only look at their own face in the mirror. They can talk without looking anyone in the eye, so it's easier.

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    A 그러고 보니 아버지는 운전하실 때 말씀이 제일 많으셨어요. 앞만 보시면서요. 이제야 알겠네요.

    Geureogo boni abeojineun unjeonhasil ttae malsseumi jeil maneusyeosseoyo. Amman bosimyeonseoyo. Ijeya algenneyo.

    Come to think of it, Dad talked the most when he was driving. Looking straight ahead. Only now do I get it.

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    B 마지막으로 오신 게 한 달 전이었어요. 그날은 사진 찍을 일이 있다고 아주 깔끔하게 해 달라고 하셨죠.

    Majimageuro osin ge han dal jeonieosseoyo. Geunareun sajin jjigeul iri itdago aju kkalkkeumhage hae dallago hasyeotjyo.

    The last time he came in was a month ago. That day he said he had a photo to take and asked me to make it very neat.

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    A 그 사진... 장례식에서 영정 사진으로 쓴 거예요. 아버지가 미리 준비하셨던 거네요. 가족들한테는 아무 말씀도 안 하시고요.

    Geu sajin... jangnyesigeseo yeongjeong sajineuro sseun geoyeyo. Abeojiga miri junbihasyeotdeon geoneyo. Gajokdeulhanteneun amu malsseumdo an hasigoyo.

    That photo... it's the one we used as his portrait at the funeral. So he'd prepared it in advance. Without saying a word to the family.

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    B 그러셨군요. 그날 저한테 '이 머리로 오래 기억되면 좋겠네' 하셨어요. 저는 그냥 농담인 줄로만 알았죠.

    Geureosyeotgunyo. Geunal jeohante 'i meoriro orae gieokdoemyeon jokenne' hasyeosseoyo. Jeoneun geunyang nongdamin julloman aratjyo.

    I see. That day he said to me, 'I'd like to be remembered with this haircut for a long time.' I thought he was only joking.

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    A 추도사를 쓰면서 계속 '사람은 무엇으로 기억되는가?' 하는 생각만 했거든요. 이제 뭘 써야 할지 알 것 같아요.

    Chudosareul sseumyeonseo gyesok 'sarameun mueoseuro gieokdoeneunga?' Haneun saenggangman haetgeodeunyo. Ije mwol sseoya halji al geot gatayo.

    While I was writing the eulogy, all I could think was, 'What is a person remembered by?' Now I think I know what to write.

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    B 뭐라고 쓰실 건데요? 제가 들어도 되는 거라면요.

    Mworago sseusil geondeyo? Jega deureodo doeneun georamyeonyo.

    What are you going to write? If it's something I'm allowed to hear.

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    A 아버지는 말 대신 머리로 말씀하시는 분이었다고요. 제 인생의 중요한 날마다 이 의자에 앉으셨다고요. 죄송해요. 이렇게 말씀드리자니 목이 메네요.

    Abeojineun mal daesin meoriro malsseumhasineun bunieotdagoyo. Je insaengui jungyohan nalmada i uijae anjeusyeotdagoyo. Joesonghaeyo. Ireoke malsseumdeurijani mogi meneyo.

    That he was a man who spoke through his haircuts instead of words. That on every important day of my life, he sat in this chair. Sorry. Saying it out loud like this, I'm choking up.

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    B 괜찮아요, 천천히 하세요. 삼십 년 동안 그분 머리를 만졌지만 그 마음까지 속속들이 알지는 못했네요.

    Gwaenchanayo, cheoncheonhi haseyo. Samsip nyeon dongan geubun meorireul manjyeotjiman geu maeumkkaji soksokdeuri aljineun motaenneyo.

    It's all right, take your time. I cut his hair for thirty years, and even I never knew all that was in his heart.

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    A 사장님, 추모식에 와 주실 수 있으세요? 추도사에 사장님 이야기도 넣고 싶어요.

    Sajangnim, chumosige wa jusil su isseuseyo? Chudosae sajangnim iyagido neoko sipeoyo.

    Would you be able to come to the memorial? I'd like to put you in the eulogy too.

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    B 당연히 가야지요. 그리고 모레 가시기 전에 여기 들르세요. 추도사를 읽는 날이라면 머리도 단정해야지요. 아버님이 늘 그러셨던 것처럼요.

    Dangyeonhi gayajiyo. Geurigo more gasigi jeone yeogi deulleuseyo. Chudosareul ingneun nariramyeon meorido danjeonghaeyajiyo. Abeonimi neul geureosyeotdeon geotcheoreomyo.

    Of course I'll come. And stop by here before you go the day after tomorrow. On a day when you're reading a eulogy, your hair should be neat too. Just as your father's always was.

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    A 네, 꼭 올게요. 그날은 저도 '좀 더 신경 써 주게' 하고 부탁드릴게요. 아버지 말투로요.

    Ne, kkok olgeyo. Geunareun jeodo 'jom deo singyeong sseo juge' hago butakdeurilgeyo. Abeoji malturoyo.

    Yes, I'll be here. And that day I'll ask you too: 'Take a bit more care today.' In my father's words.

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