Nameless singers 蔓橫淸類 無名氏
before 1728 · Joseon Korea · A song teasing a pedlar who cries his wares in difficult Chinese words
"Ladies of the house, buy my dongnanji!" You there, pedlar, what is it you are crying? Let's buy some. "Bone outside, flesh inside, both eyes turned to heaven, walking forward, walking backward, eight small legs and two big legs, crunching in dark soy: buy my dongnanji!" Pedlar, don't cry it in such a clumsy way. Just say pickled crab.
ᄃᆡᆨ들에 동난지이 사오 져 쟝스야 네 황후 긔 무서시라 웨ᄂᆞᆫ다 사쟈
外骨 內肉 兩目이 上天 前行 後行 小아리 八足 大아리 二足 靑醬 ᄋᆞ스슥 ᄒᆞᄂᆞᆫ 동난지이 사오
쟝스야 하 거복이 웨지 말고 게젓이라 ᄒᆞ렴은A long sijo (saseol sijo), in Cheonggu yeongeon (1728)
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