반달
(Pan Tal)
"This is another well-known favorite of Korean children who sing the song while facing each other and clap their hands and knees. 'Half Moon' was written in 1924 by Yun Geuk-young 윤극영, a writer of children's stories and songs, to remember his sister who died when she was young." -Nostalgic Songs, KBS World
반달
(Pan Tal)
Half-Moon
Handclapping Song
Handclapping Song
(Korean)
(English)
푸른하늘 은하수 하얀 쪽 배엔
계수나무 한 나무 토끼 한 마리
돛대도 아니 달고 삿대도 없이
가기도 잘도간다 서쪽 나라로
은하수를 건너서 구름나라로
구름나라 지나선 어디로 가나
멀리서 반짝반짝 비치이는 건
샛별이 등대란다 길을 찾아라
In a small, white boat
In the blue sky
Are a cinnamon tree and a rabbit.
Without sail and without oar,
Yet gliding,
Gliding smoothly to a western shore.
Sailing across the Milky Way
To the land of clouds.
Where does it journey
Beyond the land of clouds?
Towards the sparkling reflection
So far away,
To the beacon light of a new dawn.
Now, child, find a road.
 - Korean Children's Songs - South Korea - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World
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Notes
Pronunciation:
Pou roun ha noul
Oun-ha sou
Ha yan tchok pae en
Kye sou na
Mou han-na mou
To kki han ma ri
Tot tae to
A ni tal ko
Sat tae to op si
Ka ki to
Tchal to kan ta
So tchok
Na ra ro.
Comments
Written by Yoon Geuk-Young (1903 - 1988). According to Wikipedia (in Korean), he published Korea's first collection of children's songs in 1926.
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Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Sook-Kih Park, Librarian at the Korean Cultural Service in New York, a part of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, for contributing this song, the sheet music, and the illustration.
Many thanks to Hye Youn Joo Sin, Music Specialist, for pointing out the author.
