The pedlar's wife of Jeongeup
singer · Jeongeup, Baekje · said to be from Baekje times
A woman who, the History of Goryeo says, climbed a rock on a hill and sang this song to the moon when her husband, away selling his wares, was long in coming home. Her name has not survived.
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said to be from Baekje times (recorded in the Akhak gwebeom, 1493) · Waiting for a husband who went out to sell his wares and has not come back
O moon, rise high, rise high, eogiya, and shine far, far away. Eogiya eogangdyori, aeu darongdiri. Are you at the market now? Eogiya, I fear you may step in a muddy place.
ᄃᆞᆯ하 노피곰 도ᄃᆞ샤
어긔야 머리곰 비취오시라
어긔야 어강됴리
아으 다롱디리
져재 녀러신고요
어긔야 즌ᄃᆡᄅᆞᆯ 드ᄃᆡ욜셰라"Jeongeupsa" (Song of Jeongeup), in Akhak gwebeom
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