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Hogok’s Remarks on Poetry (Compendium of Remarks on Poetry)
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李判書玄錫值巡廳詩云。羸驂短僕弊鞍籠。呵導雖前馬後空。破革障泥猶有綠。舊錦團領已渝紅。低頭竊笑諸司吏。拍手爭嘲一市童。歸卧巡廳無事睡。護軍微祿亦云豐。雖是俳體。而亦可供笑詠。
Minister (p’ansŏ) Yi Hyŏnsŏk’s 李玄錫 (1647–1703) poem “On Duty at the Night Patrol Office” 值巡廳 reads, 羸驂短僕弊鞍籠呵導雖前馬後空 破革障泥猶有綠舊錦團領已渝紅低頭竊笑諸司吏拍手爭嘲一市童歸臥巡廳無事睡護軍微祿亦云豐 On a scrawny horse led by a short servant, he sits on a tattered saddle.Ahead he shouts “Make way!” but behind his horse the street is empty.Broken leather mudguardsstill have the green paint on.The old embroidered official robealready shows faded red.All the officialslower their heads and laugh in secret.All city childrenclap their hands and jeer at him in concert. He returns and reclines at the night patrol office.With nothing to do, he falls asleep.The small salary of a royal guard,might it be too generous? Although the poem is written in the style (ch’e) of parallel prose, it also deserves to be recited for people to share a laugh.
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