This tree believed itself to be eccentric.
[daily log: walking, 4km; dogwalking, 3km]
Day: March 13, 2023
Caveat: 얕은 내도 깊게 건너라
I found this aphorism in my book of Korean aphorisms.
얕은 내도 깊게 건너라
yat.eun nae.do gip.ge geon.neo.ra
be-shallow-PART river-CONJ be-deep-ADV cross-IMPER
Cross even a shallow river [as if it were] wide.
One should do everything with caution. Don’t let your guard down. The word 내 [nae] was hard to find – all the translation tools online want to render it “my” – that’s the most common meaning of the syllable, but that doesn’t make sense. I had to go to a hanja dictionary to find that it was the Sino-Korean pronunciation of 川, which means river or stream. That made more sense.
Caveat: Poem #2414 “A lack of influence”
ㅁ The road bore the sun's touch resentfully, giving a cold shoulder to time itself, like stars.
– a cinquain.