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Sweet Potato (Goguma)

 



 

I do not like it more than any other food. 

A person who does not like sweet potato

probably lived 

that horrible life in *moon village like me. 

(Translator's note: 'Moon village' is referred to a shanty town or poor area in Korea.)


My parents, my brothers, all of my family

do not like it either now. 

When they even see you, they get sick of it so they would make frowny faces. 

For 20 years that rivers and mountains change twice, 

every one of my family, 

all had lived eating only you. 

When I just see you, the memory of past

naturally comes to remembrance.  


I do not like you. 

I really do not like you. 

Even when I was hungry, I was tired of you, so I threw it away. 

Even though everybody says it is a delicacy, 

and no matter how delicious chestnut-sweet potato is,

I still do not like you. 

It is not that I do not like you because I am full.

I told you that I do not like you even though I am hungry. 

However, the taste of sweet potato, 

I would never forget. 






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