Yuhwa — winning the daughter of Habaek東明王篇 二
1Habaek of Cheongha had three daughters
城北有靑河。河伯三女美。擘出鴨頭波。往遊熊心涘。鏘琅佩玉鳴。綽約顔花媚。初疑漢皐濱。復想洛水沚。
North of the walled town lies Cheongha, and the three daughters of Habaek were beautiful. They parted the waves the color of a duck's head and came out, and went to play on the shore of Ungsim. Their jade pendants rang and chimed, and their soft faces were lovely as flowers. At first one took it for the shore of Hangao, and then thought it the sandbank of the Luo.
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靑河今鴨綠江也。
Cheongha is the Amnok River of today.
長曰柳花。次曰萱花。季曰葦花。
The eldest was called Yuhwa, the second Hwonhwa, and the youngest Wihwa.
自靑河出遊熊心淵上。
They came out of Cheongha and went to play above Ungsimyeon.
神姿艶麗。雜佩鏘洋。與漢皐無異。
Their divine forms were fair and beautiful, and their many jade pendants rang out, so that they were no different from the divine women of Hangao.
2He draws on the ground with his whip and raises a house of bronze
王因出獵見。目送頗留意。玆非悅紛華。誠急生繼嗣。三女見君來。入水尋相避。擬將作宮殿。潛候同來戱。馬撾一畫地。銅室欻然峙。錦席鋪絢明。金罇置淳旨。蹁躚果自入。對酌還徑醉。王時出橫遮。驚走僅顚躓。
The king had gone out hunting and saw them, and his eyes followed them, and his heart was much taken; yet this was not because he delighted in splendor, but truly because he was pressed to father an heir. The three women saw the lord coming and went into the water and at once hid themselves. He would build a palace, and lie in wait for them to come and play there together. With one stroke of his horsewhip on the ground, a house of bronze rose up all at once. He spread brocade mats in dazzling brightness and set fine wine in golden jars, and sure enough they came stepping lightly in of their own accord, and sat down facing each other and drank until they were drunk. Then the king went out and blocked their way, and they started up in fright and stumbled and fell.
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王謂左右曰。得而爲妃。可有後胤。
The king said to those about him, "If I win one of them for my consort, I may have an heir."
其女見王卽入水。左右曰。大王何不作宮殿。俟女入室。當戶遮之。王以爲然。以馬鞭畫地。銅室俄成壯麗。於室中。設三席置樽酒。其女各坐其席。相勸飮酒大醉云云。
When the women saw the king they went straight into the water. Those about him said, "Great king, why not build a palace, wait for the women to enter the room, and then block the door?" The king thought this right, and drew on the ground with his horsewhip, and a house of bronze was finished in a moment, tall and splendid. In the room he set out three mats and placed jars of wine, and the women each sat on her own mat and urged one another on and drank until they were very drunk, and so on.
王俟三女大醉急出。遮女等驚走。長女柳花。爲王所止。
The king waited until the three women were very drunk and then rushed out to block them. The women started up in fright and fled, and the eldest daughter, Yuhwa, was held back by the king.
3Yuhwa is held back, and Habaek is angry
長女曰柳花。是爲王所止。河伯大怒嗔。遣使急且駛。告云渠何人。乃敢放輕肆。報云天帝子。高族請相累。指天降龍馭。徑到海宮邃。
The eldest daughter was called Yuhwa, and she it was who was held back by the king. Habaek was greatly angered, and sent a messenger racing in haste, who said, "What manner of man are you, that you dare be so unruly?" And the answer came, "I am the son of the Heavenly Emperor, and I ask to join my house to your high family." He pointed to heaven, a dragon carriage came down, and they went straight to the deep palace of the sea.
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河伯大怒。遣使告曰。汝是何人。留我女乎。王報云。我是天帝之子。今欲與河伯結婚。河伯又使告曰。汝若天帝之子。於我有求昏者。當使媒云云。今輒留我女。何其失禮。王慙之。將往見河伯。不能入室。欲放其女。女旣與王定情。不肯離去。乃勸王曰。如有龍車。可到河伯之國。王指天而告。俄而五龍車從空而下。王與女乘車。風雲忽起。至其宮。
Habaek was greatly angered and sent a messenger to say, "What manner of man are you, that you keep my daughter?" The king answered, "I am the son of the Heavenly Emperor, and I now wish to make a marriage with Habaek." Habaek sent a man again to say, "If you are the son of the Heavenly Emperor and would ask a marriage of me, you ought to send a go-between, and so on. Now you have simply kept my daughter. How great a breach of courtesy this is!" The king was ashamed, and meant to go and see Habaek, but he could not enter that house, and so he meant to let the daughter go. But she had already given her heart to the king, and would not leave him. She urged him, saying, "If there were a dragon carriage, we could reach the country of Habaek." The king pointed to heaven and made his plea, and in a moment a carriage of five dragons came down out of the air. The king and the daughter rode in the carriage, and wind and clouds rose all at once, and they came to that palace.
4Carp and otter, pheasant and hawk — a contest of shapes
河伯乃謂王。婚姻是大事。媒贄有通法。胡奈得自恣。君是上帝胤。神變請可試。漣漪碧波中。河伯化作鯉。王尋變爲獺。立捕不待跬。又復生兩翼。翩然化爲雉。王又化神鷹。摶擊何大鷙。彼爲鹿而走。我爲豺而趡。
Then Habaek said to the king, "Marriage is a great matter. There is a law all follow for go-betweens and betrothal gifts. How is it you do as you please? If you are the offspring of the Lord on High, I ask to put your divine changes to the test." In the midst of the rippling green waves, Habaek changed into a carp, and the king at once changed into an otter and caught him before he had gone half a step. Then two wings sprang out, and fluttering he changed into a pheasant, and the king changed again into a divine hawk, and how fierce was the blow he struck. When the other became a deer and fled, this one became a jackal and gave chase.
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河伯備禮迎之。坐定。謂曰。婚姻之道。天下之通規。何爲失禮。辱我門宗云云。
Habaek received him with full courtesy, and when they were seated he said, "The way of marriage is a rule all under heaven follow. How is it that you have failed in courtesy and brought shame on my house?" And so on.
5He pierces the leather carriage with a golden hairpin and rises alone
河伯知有神。置酒相燕喜。伺醉載革輿。幷置女於輢。意令與其女。天上同騰轡。其車未出水。酒醒忽驚起。取女黃金釵。刺革從竅出。獨乘赤霄上。寂寞不廻騎。河伯責厥女。挽吻三尺弛。乃貶優渤中。唯與婢僕二。
Habaek knew that he was divine, and set out wine and made merry with him, and watching for him to grow drunk, he put him into a leather carriage, and set the daughter beside it too, meaning that together with his daughter he should go up side by side above the sky. But before the carriage had left the water, the king woke from the wine and started up in alarm, and taking the golden hairpin of the daughter, he pierced the leather and went out through the hole, and alone he rose above the red sky, and in his loneliness he did not ride back again. Habaek rebuked his daughter, and had her lips pulled out three cheok long, and cast her out into the middle of Ubalsu, sending only two servants with her.
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車傍曰輢。
The side of a carriage is called ui (輢).
河伯之酒。七日乃醒。
The wine of Habaek takes seven days to wear off.
叶韻
This is for the sake of the rhyme.
河伯曰。王是天帝之子。有何神異。王曰。唯在所試。於是。河伯於庭前水。化爲鯉。隨浪而游。王化爲獺而捕之。河伯又化爲鹿而走。王化爲豺逐之。河伯化爲雉。王化爲鷹擊之。河伯以爲誠是天帝之子。以禮成婚。恐王無將女之心。張樂置酒。勸王大醉。與女入於小革輿中。載以龍車。欲令升天。其車未出水。王卽酒醒。取女黃金釵刺革輿。從孔獨出升天。
Habaek said, "If the king is the son of the Heavenly Emperor, what wonder is in him?" The king said, "You have only to put it to the test." So Habaek changed into a carp in the water before the courtyard and swam along with the waves, and the king changed into an otter and caught him. Habaek changed again into a deer and fled, and the king changed into a jackal and chased him; Habaek changed into a pheasant, and the king changed into a hawk and struck him. Habaek held him to be truly the son of the Heavenly Emperor, and with full courtesy he made the marriage. Fearing that the king had no mind to take his daughter with him, he set out music and wine and urged the king on until he was very drunk, and then put him with his daughter into a small leather carriage and loaded it on the dragon carriage, so that they should rise to heaven. But before the carriage had left the water, the king woke from the wine, and taking the golden hairpin of the daughter he pierced the leather carriage and went out alone through the hole and rose to heaven.
河伯大怒。其女曰。汝不從我訓。終欲我門。令左右絞挽女口。其唇吻長三尺。唯與奴婢二人。貶於優渤水中。優渤澤名。今在太伯山南。
Habaek was greatly angered and said to his daughter, "You did not follow my teaching, and in the end you have brought shame on my house." He had those about him take hold of the daughter's mouth and pull, and her lips stretched three cheok long. He sent only two servants with her and cast her out into the middle of Ubalsu. Ubal is the name of a marsh, and it lies today south of Taebaeksan.