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The singer of "Samogok"

singer · Goryeo Korea · Goryeo period

The owner of "Samogok," a song sung in Goryeo times. It survives in the Joseon songbooks Akjang gasa and Siyong hyangakbo, and no one knows who made it.

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c. 13th–14th century

A hoe has a blade too, but it can never cut like a sickle. A father is a parent too, wi deongdeodungsyeong, but no one loves like a mother. Ah, my lord, no one loves like a mother.

호ᄆᆡ도 ᄂᆞᆯ히언마ᄅᆞᄂᆞᆫ 낟ᄀᆞ티 들 리도 업스니이다 아바님도 어이어신마ᄅᆞᄂᆞᆫ 위 덩더둥셩 어마님ᄀᆞ티 괴시리 업세라 아소 님하 어마님ᄀᆞ티 괴시리 업세라

"Samogok" (Song of Longing for Mother), in Akjang gasa

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