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The singer of "Cheongsan byeolgok"

singer · Goryeo Korea · Goryeo period

The owner of "Cheongsan byeolgok," a song sung in Goryeo times. It survives in the Joseon songbook Akjang gasa, and no one knows who made it.

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c. 13th–14th century

Cry, cry, bird; wake from sleep and cry, bird. I, with more sorrows than you, wake from sleep and cry too.

우러라 우러라 새여 자고 니러 우러라 새여. 널라와 시름 한 나도 자고 니러 우니로라.

"Cheongsan byeolgok" (Song of the Green Hills), second stanza, in Akjang gasa

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