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On the Twentieth of the Winter-Solstice Month, Lodging at the Guest House of the Subordinate County of Maryeong, the Abbot (堂頭) of Jungdae Came Bringing Wine, and I Gave Him This Poem十一月二十日。出宿屬郡馬靈客舍。重臺堂頭携酒來訪。以詩贈之。
Dongguk Isangguk Jip (Collected Works of Minister Yi of the Eastern Country) Former Collection, Book 9 The collected writings of Yi Gyubo of Goryeo, gathered and cut in woodblock by his son Yi Ham in 1241 and revised and enlarged by his grandson Yi Ikbae in 1251. It holds poems and rhapsodies, memorials and reports sent up to the king, records written for temples and pagodas, stele and tomb inscriptions, letters and prefaces, and the state letters that passed to and from the Mongols during the invasions. The Lay of King Dongmyeong, which sings the founder of Goguryeo, stands in volume 3 of the first collection, and the daily life of a man who called himself the White Cloud Layman — with his wine, his zither and his verse — fills the later collection. The book closes with the last poem he wrote as his eyes failed and he laid down the brush, and with the dirge and tomb inscription others made for him after his death.
蕭條古縣枕山根。只對村胥貌似猿。一見暫開詩酒會。淸談聊洗簿書昏。寒雲苒苒侵松檻。乾雪騷騷響竹軒。飮罷共嘗蒙頂綠。蒲團枿坐旋忘言。
A desolate old town pillows the foot of the mountain, and I face only country clerks like monkeys. Meeting once, we briefly open a gathering of poems and wine, and with clear talk somewhat wash away the muddle of the ledgers. Cold clouds waver and invade the pine railing, and dry snow rustles and rings on the bamboo floor. Having finished drinking, together we taste Mengding tea (蒙頂茶), and sitting bolt upright on the rush mat, at once forget words.