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The rockets abound above us, dispatching their deadly cargo beyond us.
(·ÎÄÏÆ÷È°¡ ¿Â õÁö¸¦ µÚµ¤°í ÀÖ´Ù.)
We await a repetition, in fearful dread of an accurate arrival.
(¿ì¸® ÁøÁö¿¡ ¶³¾îÁöÁö ¾ÊÀ»±î, ÃÊÁ¶ÇÑ ½ÉÁ¤À¸·Î, ·Î켙Æ÷ÀÇ ¹Ýº¹ÀûÀÎ °ø°Ý¿¡ ¹Ý°ÝÀ» °¡ÇÑ´Ù.)
Could we this be possibly our last moments in this freezing ground of hell?
(»ìÀ» ¿¡ÀÌ´Â ÃßÀ§¿¡¼ ¹ú¾îÁö°í ÀÖ´Â ÀÌ ÀüÅõ¿¡¼ ¸ñ¼ûÀ» ÀÒÀ»Áöµµ ¸ð¸¥´Ù.)
Or just another devilish challenge of our courage to withstand this torment?
(¾Æ´Ï¸é, »ý¸íÀ» ºÎÁöÇÏ¿© ´ÙÀ½ ÀüÅõ±îÁö »ì¾Æ ³²À»Áöµµ ¸ð¸¥´Ù.)
The vast open spaces explode around us in awesome lights of fury.
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Finally a sudden interval of silence arrives.
(µåµð¾î, ºÒ¾ÈÇÑ Àû¸·ÀÌ ¾ö½ÀÇÑ´Ù.)
Is this just an abrupt pause in the violence, or just a temporary halt to our dilemma?
(Æø°ÝÁßÁöÀΰ¡? ¾Æ´Ï¸é, ÀϽÃÀûÀÎ ÀüÅõÁßÁöÀΰ¡?)
We await, some visibly praying for the latter, as a calm quite fills the night air.
(»óºÎ¸í·ÉÀ» ±â´Ù¸°´Ù. Àû¸·Çϱ⠱×Áö ¾ø´Â ¾ß½ÉÇÑ ¹ãÁß, ÀüÅõ°¡ ÀÌ°ÍÀ¸·Î ³¡³µÀ¸¸é ÁÁ°Ú´Ù´Â »ý°¢À» Çϸ硦.)
At last a message in relief arrives, with our total gratitude.
(Çмö°í´ëÇÏ´ø ÀüÅõÁßÁö ¸í·ÉÀÌ Çϴ޵ȴÙ.)
The nightmare for now is over, and most of us have survived.
(´çºÐ°£ÀÌ°ÚÁö¸¸, ¾Ç¸ùÀº »ç¶óÁ³´Ù. ´ÙÇàÈ÷µµ ¸¹Àº µ¿·áº´»ç°¡ »ì¾Æ ³²¾Ò´Ù.)
Some day we may be seated before a warm fireplace far from here.
(¾ðÁ¨°¡, ¿ì¸®µµ ÀÌ Áö±ßÁö±ßÇÑ ÀüÀïÅ͸¦ ¶°³ª, µû¶æÇÑ °íÇâÁý ȷο·¿¡ µÑ·¯¾É¾Æ ¾Æ¸§´Ù¿î À̾߱⠲ÉÀ» ÇÇ¿ï ³¯µµ ¿À°Ú°í¡¦)
And many of hardships we have endured may have faded with time.
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But that is in the distant future, because now we await the next attack.
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