Day 184: Nearly Late for the Dawn Bell

Dialogue

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   A 처사님, 새벽 예불은 잘 드리셨어요?

   Cheosanim, saebyeok yebureun jal deurisyeosseoyo?

   Did the dawn ceremony go well for you?

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   B 네, 스님. 사실 늦을 뻔했어요. 알람을 끄고 다시 잠들어 버렸거든요.

   Ne, seunim. Sasil neujeul ppeonhaesseoyo. Allameul kkeugo dasi jamdeureo beoryeotgeodeunyo.

   Yes. Actually, I nearly missed it. I turned off my alarm and fell back asleep.

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   A 그래도 종소리 듣고 뛰어오셨잖아요. 신발을 짝짝이로 신고 오셔서 웃음이 날 뻔했어요.

   Geuraedo jongsori deutgo ttwieoosyeotjanayo. Sinbareul jjakjjagiro singo osyeoseo useumi nal ppeonhaesseoyo.

   Still, you came running when you heard the bell. You came in wearing mismatched shoes, and I almost laughed.

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   B 보셨어요? 네 시에 일어나는 게 이렇게 힘든 줄 몰랐어요.

   Bosyeosseoyo? Ne sie ireonaneun ge ireoke himdeun jul mollasseoyo.

   You saw that? I had no idea getting up at four would be this hard.

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   A 처음엔 다 그래요. 아침 공양은 어떠셨어요?

   Cheoeumen da geuraeyo. Achim gongyangeun eotteosyeosseoyo?

   Everyone finds it hard at first. How was the morning meal?

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   B 맛있었어요. 그런데 죄송하게도 밥을 좀 남겨 버렸어요.

   Masisseosseoyo. Geureonde joesonghagedo babeul jom namgyeo beoryeosseoyo.

   It was delicious. But I'm sorry, I ended up leaving some rice.

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   A 그러셨군요. 절에서는 음식을 남기지 않는 게 규칙이에요.

   Geureosyeotgunyo. Jeoreseoneun eumsigeul namgiji anneun ge gyuchigieyo.

   I see. At the temple, the rule is not to leave any food.

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   B 네, 옆에 계신 분들이 마지막에 물로 그릇을 헹궈서 마시는 걸 보고 깜짝 놀랐어요.

   Ne, yeope gyesin bundeuri majimage mullo geureuseul henggwoseo masineun geol bogo kkamjjak nollasseoyo.

   Yes, I was really surprised to see the people beside me rinse their bowls with water at the end and drink it.

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   A 그걸 발우공양이라고 해요. 먹을 만큼만 받고, 남김없이 먹는 거예요.

   Geugeol barugongyangirago haeyo. Meogeul mankeumman batgo, namgimeopsi meongneun geoyeyo.

   That's called baru gongyang. You take only as much as you'll eat, and eat every last bit.

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    B 왜 그렇게까지 하는지 여쭤봐도 될까요?

    Wae geureokekkaji haneunji yeojjwobwado doelkkayo?

    May I ask why you go that far?

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    A 음식 한 그릇에 많은 사람의 수고와 정성이 들어 있으니까요. 그걸 잊지 않으려는 거예요.

    Eumsik han geureuse maneun saramui sugowa jeongseongi deureo isseunikkayo. Geugeol itji aneuryeoneun geoyeyo.

    Because many people's work and care go into a single bowl of food. It's so we don't forget that.

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    B 듣고 보니 부끄럽네요. 회사에서는 점심을 늘 반쯤 남기고 나오거든요.

    Deutgo boni bukkeureomneyo. Hoesaeseoneun jeomsimeul neul banjjeum namgigo naogeodeunyo.

    Hearing that, I feel ashamed. At work I always leave half my lunch.

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    A 바쁘면 그럴 수 있죠. 그런데 여기는 어떻게 오시게 됐어요?

    Bappeumyeon geureol su itjyo. Geureonde yeogineun eotteoke osige dwaesseoyo?

    When you're busy, that happens. But how did you come to be here?

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    B 솔직히 말하면 휴대폰에서 좀 벗어나고 싶어서요. 하루에 열 시간은 보는 것 같아요.

    Soljiki malhamyeon hyudaeponeseo jom beoseonago sipeoseoyo. Harue yeol siganeun boneun geot gatayo.

    To be honest, I wanted to get away from my phone a bit. I think I look at it about ten hours a day.

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    A 여기 오신 지 이틀 됐는데, 휴대폰 생각이 나세요?

    Yeogi osin ji iteul dwaenneunde, hyudaepon saenggagi naseyo?

    You've been here two days now. Do you find yourself thinking about your phone?

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    B 첫날은 손이 자꾸 주머니로 갔어요. 근데 오늘 새벽에는 휴대폰 생각이 하나도 안 났어요.

    Cheonnareun soni jakku jumeoniro gasseoyo. Geunde oneul saebyeogeneun hyudaepon saenggagi hanado an nasseoyo.

    On the first day my hand kept going to my pocket. But this morning I didn't think about my phone at all.

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    A 그거면 됐어요. 내일은 알람 없이도 일어나실 거예요. 종소리가 깨워 줄 테니까요.

    Geugeomyeon dwaesseoyo. Naeireun allam eopsido ireonasil geoyeyo. Jongsoriga kkaewo jul tenikkayo.

    Then that's enough. Tomorrow you'll wake up without an alarm. The bell will wake you.

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