위성왕자 (Satellite Prince)

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

I will probably get hurt because I want too much.

Even with both hands full, I still cannot be satisfied.

It is nice to have many things I can possess but, more than that,

I wish my hands were four, eight, ten.

On the back of Apollo, burning as it leaves,

I want to ride along and go to the moon too.

Rather than air swallowed with a miserable heart,

a night of zero gravity would be better

So that I can be seen from anywhere on Earth,

so that I can look at my blue home star,

if one day there is a star that stands out, bright and clear,

my friends and my mum, wave your hands to me.

The summer heat you all sent 

is nothing compared to Africa

At first, you may cry for a few days,

but before long, I will invite you.

On the back of Laika, who is going back home

only bare bones left, with burning vengefulness,

I tie an invitation I wrote with utmost sincerity

and send it to your house

So that I can be seen from anywhere on Earth*,

so that I can look at my blue home star,

if one day there is a star that stands out, bright and clear,

my friends and my mother, wave your hands to me.

The summer heat you all sent 

is nothing compared to Africa.

I will tell you.

On the back of Apollo, burning as it leaves,

I want to ride along and go to the moon too.

Rather than air swallowed with a miserable heart,

a night of zero gravity would be better.

On the back of Laika, who is going back home

only bare bones left, with burning vengefulness,

I tie an invitation I wrote with utmost sincerity

and send it to your house

• 지구촌 means literally "global village," the Korean rendition of the concept coined by Marshall McLuhan to describe the phenomenon of global coexistence made possible by media technologies.