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Invocation for the sacrifice praying for snow at the several shrines諸神祠祈雪祭祝
Dongguk Isangguk Jip (Collected Works of Minister Yi of the Eastern Country) Former Collection, Book 40 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.
葭籥向窮。猶歉同雲之澤。麥苗就槁。將爲嗣歲之艱。虔展祀儀。敢徼陰佑。庶導九玄之賜。罔稽三白之祥。
The reed pipes that measure the seasons are running out, yet the bounty of the snow clouds is still wanting. The barley shoots are drying away, and this will become next year's hardship.
We respectfully set out the rites of sacrifice and venture to seek your hidden help. We pray you draw down the gift of high heaven, and do not delay the auspice of snow falling three times.