Matching the Rhymes of Vice Minister Yi Su's Palindrome Poem on Seeing Off Yu, Prefect of Jeju次韻李侍郞需餞庾濟州廻文
1First Poem
漫長路垠送遐征。淚墮方知自感情。瀾涉穩堪尋過海。酒傾醺好更斟觥。酸儒拙合棲幽巷。曠度宏宜鎭劇城。歡舞遍州名必最。管絃專國古稱榮。團天仰狹廻巖峽。沮地行窮入橘橙。官省共參叨父友。喜君於世繼門成。
To the far end of the long road I see off one who goes a great way Only when the tears fall do I know that feeling had overcome me The waves are calm to cross, and the sea may well be passed and sought beyond The wine is tipped and we are merry, and it is good to fill the cup again A poor scholar is clumsy, and life in a mean back lane suits him A broad temper is large, and fit to hold down a troublesome prefecture Glad dancing goes round the whole prefecture, and his name must be first of all To have the music of a whole country, old Tamna, to oneself has been called glory from of old The round sky, looked up at, is narrow, and one turns in among rock gorges Walk the mire to its end and you will come in among tangerines and bitter-orange trees Serving together in the offices, I was presumptuous enough to become your father's friend And I am glad that you carry on and make good your house in the world
Interlinear notes 6
弘蓋
His name was Honggae (弘蓋).
二首
Two poems
代君送州之意
Written in his stead, setting down the sense of seeing off one who goes to his prefecture.
理最
His record in governing was first of all.
古耽羅國
This is the old country of Tamna.
子與嚴君再同省官。因相親。
You and your father were in turn officials of the same office as I, and so we are close to one another.
2Second Poem
漫漫遣景迅徂征。幸得偸閑退縱情。瀾息已知心止水。羽騰猶快手飛觥。酸辛話可連更僕。放逸遊期遍帀城。歡笑與君唯合意。訪來欣我覺生榮。團跳弄欲同嘗杏。逬滑枯將共剖橙。官職美多兼藻贍。萬千金敵一篇成。
Far and far, the spending of the years runs swiftly by Happily I have stolen a gap of leisure, withdrawn, and let my heart go free The waves lie still, and I know already that my heart is water come to rest As a feather lifts, so briskly my hand sends the cup flying Bitter tales have no end, and I shall not get through them all Our unhindered roaming is pledged to go round the whole city In glad laughter you and I alone are of one mind You come to call on me, and in my gladness I feel the glory of being alive Rolling round things in play, we would taste the apricots together Peeling the slippery rind, we shall yet split the bitter orange together Your office is fair, and your gift for letters ample besides Ten million in gold is a match for the making of a single piece
Interlinear notes 3
右一擬贈太守。可因風寄之。
The first poem above was made to be given to the prefect, and may well be entrusted to the wind.
右二敍懷贈君
The second poem above sets down my thoughts and is given to you.
更僕 — The phrase comes from 更僕難數 in the Book of Rites (one cannot finish the count even changing servants to do it). Taking 更 as a watch of the night, it is also read as 「to go on through the night.」 — Translator