小童逢毒螫， A kid suffered a venomous sting,
啼甚欲驚隣。 Cried endlessly, almost alarming the neighbours.
痛處俄還止， His pain stopped before long;
驕音尙帶嗔。 [Yet] his vigorous voice [1] still betrayed a grudge.
世情多苦楚， The world is abundant in misery;
病骨足酸辛。 Sick bones [bring] plenty of wretchedness.
未識誰輕重， Unable to tell which is worse,
悠然一笑新。[2] [I,] easing up, smile anew. [3]
* From Yi Saek 李穡 (1328-1396) [4], Mogeun sigo 牧隱詩藁 (Mogeun jip 牧隱集 edition, digitalisation available at https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/2574175): 17.27a-b (https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/2574184/1/76)
[1] If we read jiao 驕 as the homophonous character jiao 嬌, an adjective more conventionally associated with children’s voices, this line would mean, “His tender voice still betrayed a grudge”.
[2] Red characters rhyme.
[3] This line may suggest that the poet renews his perspective on things with a smile.
[4] Yi Saek was a prominent Neo-Confucian scholar and writer towards the end of the Korean Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392). He studied at the Guozijian 國子監 (Imperial Academy) in China during the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) and, after his return to the Korean Peninsula, played an important role in the education of several founders of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897).
Album leaf by Ju Lian 居廉 (1828-1904)
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