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Invocation for the sacrifice at the launching of the ships bearing the grain tax轉料發船祭祝
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.
水轉粟曰漕。利涉爲期。神依人而行。靈威可仗。將掛帆而臨發。敢薦藻以告虔。庶賜順風。導依彼岸。
Moving grain by water is called the tribute transport, and we hope for a profitable crossing. The spirits move according to the conduct of men, and their spirit-majesty may be trusted.
About to raise sail and depart, we venture to present water plants and declare our sincerity. We pray you send down a favoring wind, and guide us to reach that further shore.