The Students of the Hwangnyeo Local Confucian School Made Ready a Boat and Oars and Set It Afloat on the River by Moonlight — I Record Yesterday's Outing and Thank Two or Three Men of My Home Village黃驪鄕校諸生。爲予具船楫。乘月泛江。至五更方罷。時大醉。不能作長篇以答厚意。明日將向尙州。出宿根谷村。以記昨日遊賞之樂。以謝鄕黨二三子云。

At the foot of one cluster of green hills the cold river opened a blue mirror. The color of eyebrows ran fair on into the dawn, and the brocade figures cleared and rippled. Gladly I led two or three men and braved the dawn afloat in a painted kingfisher boat. The far inlet lay dim and dim with water, and the long sky seemed steeped far away. From a clear bottle we poured out green makgeolli, and on the crowded mats red cheeks were ranged in rows. Golden hairpins danced and fell before us; jeweled fans hid their faces beneath the songs. A mournful zither mingled with the slow flutes and, following the wind afar, raised up the waves. At dusk we moored at a white sandbar and tied the red hawser to a green tree. The setting sun hid itself half away, like a compass, and coming to the hill we heard the evening chanting. Night came on and we set the boat loose again, and the moonlight was so clear that one could grasp it. At the head of the inlet I watched them spear the fish: things like silver knives lay cut down in confusion upon one another. Slices like snow flew from the edge of the blade, and we were cloyed and could eat no more. A merchant's flute broke off and took up again, and the shadows of the fishing lamps grew bright and dark. Feasting the whole night through we were not wearied, and raising the forfeit cup we drank deep for its own sake. Are you well, waters of Jinghu (鏡湖)? When will you be bestowed upon Director He (賀監)? Again I shall wait for the spring of next year: to bathe in the Yi (沂水) — in that I shall be with Zeng Dian (曾點). With what shall I repay your weighty kindness? I toss you a short piece — what help is there for its falling short?