A Spring Day

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A Spring Day

It was a spring day
with magnolias in full bloom.

Noor Fuad, 30 years old,
an illegal immigrant laborer
from Indonesia,
was spending rare
leisure time
with his wife Leena on the third floor
of the dormitory
of a factory in Incheon.

It was a morning
when the magnolias
were in full bloom.

With loud stomping,
immigration officers suddenly
rushed
into the building and,
without any words,
started to handcuff
their wrists.

He pleaded to be unshackled
for a minute in order to change his clothes.

And in that brief moment,
Fuad jumped through a window
to the rooftop of an adjacent building

,
but he lost his footing
and fell to the ground.

It was a bright spring morning
when the magnolias
were in full bloom.

By Lee Si-young

Translated by
Chae-Pyong Song,
Anne Rashid

봄날

-이시영-

목련이
활짝 핀 봄날이었다.

인도네시아 출신의 불법체류
노동자
누르 푸아드(30세)는
인천의 한 업체 기숙사 3층에서
모처럼 아내 리나와 함께
단란한 시간을 보내고 있었다.

목련이
활짝 핀 아침이었다.

우당탕거리는 구둣발 소리와 함께
갑자기
들이닥친 출입국관리사무소 직원들이
다짜고짜 그와 아내의 손목에
수갑을 채우기 시작했다.

겉옷을 갈아입겠다며
잠시 수갑을
풀어달라고 했다.

그리고 그 짧은 순간
푸아드는
창문을 통해
옆건물
옥상으로 뛰어내리다
그만 발을 헛디뎌 바닥으로
떨어져
숨지고 말았다.

목련이
활짝 핀
눈부신 봄날 아침이었다.

좋은글 감사합니다
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