ep106. “호랑이” - 윌리엄 블레이크("The Tiger" - WILLIAM BLAKE)

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106. The Tiger - WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) p153
“호랑이” - 윌리엄 블레이크
Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand forged thy dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tiger! Tiger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
호랑아! 호랑아! 밤의
숲속에서 밝게 불타는,
어떤 불멸의 손 또는 눈이
네 무시무시한 균형 잡힌 몸매를 빚을 수 있었던가?

어떤 먼 심해 또는 하늘에서
네 눈의 불이 타오를 수 있었던가?
어떤 날개에서 그가 감히 열망했던가?
어떤 손이 감히 그 불을 잡으려 했던가?

어떤 어깨, 어떤 기술이,
네 심장의 근육을 비틀 수 있었던가?
그리고 네 심장이 고동치기 시작했을 때,
어떤 두려운 손이? 그리고 어떤 발이?

어떤 망치가? 어떤 사슬이?
어떤 용광로에 네 두뇌는 있었던가?
어떤 모루가? 어떤 두려운 손잡이가
감히 그 치명적 공포를 꼭 쥘 수 있었던가?

별들이 창을 내려 던지고,
하늘을 눈물로 적셨을 때,
신은 그의 작품을 보고 미소지었던가?
양을 만드셨던 그분이 너를 만들었는가?

호랑아! 호랑아! 캄캄한
숲속에서 불타는,
어떤 불멸의 손 또는 눈이
감히 무시무시한 균형 잡힌 몸매를 빚었던가?




theme: The main themes of the poem 'The Tyger' are religion, a sense of wonder and awe, and the power of creation. The tone of the poem is contemplative, which later transforms into amazement and wonder.
The tyger is a symbol which represents the terrible force in human soul and even the human intelligence, creativity, imagination and sense of rebellion. In this wonderful stanza, the poet expresses that the tyger is burning because it is not an ordinary tyger.
The poem questions whether the same God that created innocent and vulnerable creatures such as a lamb could create such a fierce and fearsome animal such as the tiger. The premise of the poem is the question of why God has allowed evil to exist, and it explores the power of God and nature.
The poem's title showcases the central figure, a tiger, spelled as “Tyger.” Blake uses the term's archaic spelling to present the world just after God created it. Through this reference, the poet clarifies that God, with his diplomatic hands, symmetrically framed his creation long before the advent of humankind.