너의 걱정이 별빛 따라 내게로 와( Your worry finds its way to me, following the starlight )

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가사 깊은 밤에 깊은 잠에 빠져 있는데 갑자기 옆구리를 찌르네 놀라서 왜 그러냐고 했더니 죽었는지 살았는지 궁금했다고 얼마 전 아는 동생 신랑이 자다가 깨어나지 못했다고 그 생각 나서 내가 곤히 자길래 평소엔 코골면서 잤는데 조용해서 불안했다네 우리가 벌써 이런 걱정 하는 나이야 난 아직 끄떡없다 말을 했지만 세월을 걱정하는 그대가 자꾸만 눈에 밟히네 이참에 출퇴근을 걸어서 하자 다짐하고 새벽부터 걸어서 출근 운동할 시간 없다는 핑계는 출퇴근 시간으로 날려버렸지 더 많은 시간을 함께해야지 아프면 안 되겠다 생각을 하고 종아리 근육통에 절뚝거려도 오늘도 걷고 있다네 가까운 지인들이 하나둘 병원에 자주 가는 일이 있어도 나와는 상관없다 생각했지만 그대는 생각이 나와 달랐었나 봐 매일 보는 얼굴은 그대로인데 가끔 받는 종합검진은 다른 말을 해 인생이 이런 거겠지 좋았던 시절을 기억하는 너와 나의 모습은 세월의 무정함에 피할 수 없는 현실 속에서 또 하루를 살아가지만 피할 수 없기에 지금까지 그래왔던 것처럼 언제가 될지는 몰라도 모르는 미래보다 오늘 웃으며 사는 거지 깊은 밤 내 옆구리를 찌르는 너의 걱정이 새벽녘 별빛 따라 내게로 와서 걷고 뛰며 출근하는 나에게 조심하라고 내 주위를 맴돌고 있었네 Deep in the night, fast asleep, I was lost in slumber, Suddenly, you poke me in the side. Startled, I ask you what’s wrong. You said you wanted to know If I was still alive or dead. Not long ago, a younger friend’s husband Fell asleep and never woke up. Thinking of what happened to him, You saw me sleeping so soundly. I usually sleep with a loud snore, But my silence made you worry. Have we already reached The age when we worry about such things? I said I was still doing just fine, But you, worrying about the passing years, Keep lingering in my mind. So I decided to walk to and from work. I made up my mind, and from early dawn, I started walking to work. My excuse that I had no time to exercise I threw away by using my commute. We should spend more time together. I thought I must stay healthy, Even when my calves ache and I limp, I’m still walking today. One by one, the people close to me Have been going to the hospital More and more often. I used to think it had nothing to do with me, But you, it seems, Saw things differently from me. The face I see every day looks just the same, But the health checkups I get now and then Tell me a different story. I guess this is what life is like. Remembering the days when we were young, The way you and I used to be. Faced with the cruelty of time, Living in a reality we cannot escape, We carry on for another day. Since we cannot escape it, Just as we have always done, Though we don’t know when, Rather than an unknown future, Let’s live today with a smile. In the deep night, the hand that pokes my side Is moved by your concern for me. Following the starlight at daybreak, it finds me, As I walk and jog my way to work. Telling me to be careful, Your worry has been circling around me all along.