Jumong — born from an egg, he flees to the south東明王篇 三
1Geumwa draws up the woman with the long lips
漁師觀波中。奇獸行𩣚騃。乃告王金蛙。鐵網投湀湀。引得坐石女。姿貌甚堪畏。唇長不能言。三截乃啓齒。
A fisherman looked into the waves and saw a strange creature going this way and that, so he reported it to King Geumwa, and an iron net was thrown into the rushing water. They drew up a woman seated on a stone, and her look was greatly to be feared. Her lips were so long she could not speak, and only after they had been cut three times did she open her mouth.
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漁師強力扶鄒告曰。近有盜梁中魚而將去者。未知何獸也。王乃使魚師以網引之。其網破裂。更造鐵網引之。始得一女。坐石而出。其女唇長不能言。令三截其唇乃言。
The fisherman Gangnyeokbuchu reported, "Lately something has been stealing the fish inside the weir and carrying them off, and I do not know what creature it is." The king had the fisherman draw it out with a net, and the net tore. They made an iron net instead and drew it out, and for the first time a woman came out, seated on a stone. That woman's lips were so long she could not speak, and only after he had her lips cut three times did she speak.
2She takes the sunlight into her and bears an egg
王知慕漱妃。仍以別宮置。懷日生朱蒙。是歲歲在癸。骨表諒最奇。啼聲亦甚偉。初生卵如升。觀者皆驚悸。王以爲不祥。此豈人之類。置之馬牧中。群馬皆不履。棄之深山中。百獸皆擁衛。
The king knew she was the consort of Haemosu, and so he kept her in a separate palace. She took the sunlight into her and bore Jumong, and that year was the gyehae year. His frame and features were truly the strangest of all, and the sound of his crying was very great. What she bore at first was an egg the size of a doe measure, and everyone who saw it was startled and afraid. The king held it to be no good omen, and said, "How can this be of the kind of men?" He had it put in the place where the horses were kept, and not one of the herd would tread on it; he had it thrown away deep in the mountains, and every kind of beast kept watch over it.
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王知天帝子妃。以別宮置之。其女懷中日曜。因以有娠。神雀四年癸亥歲夏四月。生朱蒙。啼聲甚偉。骨表英奇。初生左腋生一卵。大如五升許。王怪之曰。人生鳥卵。可爲不祥。使人置之馬牧。群馬不踐。棄於深山。百獸皆護。雲陰之日。卵上恒有日光。王取卵送母養之。卵終乃開得一男。生未經月。言語竝實。
The king knew she was the consort of the son of the Heavenly Emperor, and kept her in a separate palace. Sunlight shone into that woman's bosom, and by it she conceived. In the fourth month of summer in the gyehae year, the fourth year of Shenque, she bore Jumong. The sound of his crying was very great, and his frame and features were outstandingly strange. What she bore at first, out of her left armpit, was one egg, about five doe in size. The king thought this strange, and said, "A human being has borne a bird's egg. This may be called no good omen." He had a man put it in the place where the horses were kept, and not one of the herd trod on it; it was thrown away deep in the mountains, and every kind of beast guarded it. Even on days of cloud and gloom, there was always sunlight on the egg. The king took the egg and sent it to the mother to raise, and at last the egg opened and a boy was got from it. Before a month had passed from his birth, his speech was all clear.
3He shoots the flies — the name Jumong
母姑擧而養。經月言語始。自言蠅噆目。臥不能安睡。母爲作弓矢。其弓不虛掎。
His mother took him up for the time being and raised him, and after a month he began to speak. He said of himself, "The flies bite my eyes, and when I lie down I cannot sleep in peace," so his mother made him a bow and arrows, and that bow was never drawn in vain.
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謂母曰。群蠅噆目。不能睡。母爲我作弓矢。其母以蓽作弓矢與之。自射紡車上蠅。發矢卽中。扶余謂善射曰朱蒙。
He said to his mother, "Swarms of flies bite my eyes and I cannot sleep. Mother, make me a bow and arrows." His mother made him a bow and arrows out of reed stalks, and he shot at the flies on the spinning wheel himself, and hit them with every arrow he loosed. In Buyeo, one who shoots well is called jumong.
4Crown prince Daeso grows jealous
年至漸長大。才能日漸備。扶余王太子。其心生妬忌。乃言朱蒙者。此必非常士。若不早自圖。其患誠未已。
As his years came on and he grew up, his gifts were more fully his with every day. The crown prince of the king of Buyeo felt jealousy rise in his heart, and he said, "This one called Jumong is surely no ordinary man. If we do not act early, the trouble he brings will truly have no end."
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年至長大。才能竝備。金蛙有子七人。常共朱蒙遊獵。王子及從者四十餘人。唯獲一鹿。朱蒙射鹿至多。王子妬之。乃執朱蒙縛樹。奪鹿而去。朱蒙拔樹而去。太子帶素言於王曰。朱蒙者。神勇之士。瞻視非常。若不早圖。必有後患。
When his years came on and he grew up, his gifts were all his. Geumwa had seven sons, and they always went hunting together with Jumong. The princes and their followers, more than forty of them, took only one deer, while Jumong shot and took a great many deer. The princes were jealous, so they seized Jumong, tied him to a tree, took the deer, and went off. Jumong pulled the tree up and went on his way. Crown prince Daeso said to the king, "Jumong is a man of divine courage, and the look of his eyes is out of the ordinary. If we do not act early, there will surely be trouble later."
5Tending horses and thinking of the south
王令往牧馬。欲以試厥志。自思天之孫。廝牧良可恥。捫心常竊導。吾生不如死。意將往南土。立國立城市。爲緣慈母在。離別誠未易。
The king sent him off to tend the horses, wishing to put his purpose to the test. He thought to himself that for a grandson of heaven, to feed horses was a shameful thing indeed, and pressing his breast he always said over to himself alone, "My living is worse than dying. I would go to the land in the south and found a state and raise walls and markets, but because my dear mother is here, parting from her is truly not easy."
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王使朱蒙牧馬。欲試其意。朱蒙內自懷恨。謂母曰。我是天帝之孫。爲人牧馬。生不如死。欲往南土造國家。母在不敢自專。其母云云。
The king had Jumong tend the horses, wishing to test his purpose. Jumong held the bitterness within him and said to his mother, "I am the grandson of the Heavenly Emperor, and I tend horses for another. Living is worse than dying. I wish to go to the land in the south and found a state, but my mother is here and I dare not do as I please." His mother said, and so on.
6His mother chooses a fine horse
其母聞此言。潸然抆淸淚。汝幸勿爲念。我亦常痛痞。士之涉長途。須必憑騄駬。相將往馬閑。卽以長鞭捶。群馬皆突走。一馬騂色斐。跳過二丈欄。始覺是駿驥。潛以針刺舌。酸痛不受飼。不日形甚癯。却與駑駘似。爾後王巡觀。予馬此卽是。得之始抽針。日夜屢加餧。
When his mother heard these words, she wiped away clear tears that ran down, and said, "Do not trouble yourself over me. My own heart has always ached as well. When a man is to travel a long road, he must have a fine horse to carry him." They went together to the horse pen, and she struck out with a long whip, and all the horses started away in fright; but one red horse was fair of color, and it leapt over a fence two gil high, and by this he knew it for a fine steed. In secret he pricked its tongue with a needle, and it was so sore and sharp that it would take no feed, and in a few days its body was very thin, and it looked like a worthless nag instead. After that, when the king came round to look, he said, "I give you this horse." Only when he had it did he draw out the needle, and feed it again and again, day and night.
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通典云。朱蒙所乘。皆果下也。
The Tongdian says, "The horses Jumong rode were all gwaha horses."
其母曰。此吾之所以日夜腐心也。吾聞士之涉長途者。須憑駿足。吾能擇馬矣。遂往馬牧。卽以長鞭亂捶。群馬皆驚走。一騂馬跳過二丈之欄。朱蒙知馬駿逸。潛以針捶馬舌根。其馬舌痛。不食水草。甚瘦悴。王巡行馬牧。見群馬悉肥大喜。仍以瘦錫朱蒙。朱蒙得之。拔其針加餧云。
His mother said, "This is the very thing over which my heart has been eating itself day and night. I have heard that a man who travels a long road must have a swift horse to carry him. I can choose a horse for you." So they went to the place where the horses were kept, and she struck about her with a long whip, and all the horses started away in fright, and one red horse leapt over a fence two gil high. Jumong knew that horse for a fine steed, and in secret he stuck a needle into the root of its tongue. The horse's tongue was sore, and it would not take water or grass, and it grew very thin and worn. The king came round the place where the horses were kept, and seeing that all the herd was fat he was greatly pleased, and gave the thin horse to Jumong. Jumong got that horse, and drew out the needle and fed it, so it is said.
7Fish and soft-shelled turtles make a bridge
暗結三賢友。其人共多智。南行至淹滯。欲渡無舟艤。秉策指彼蒼。慨然發長喟。天孫河伯甥。避難至於此。哀哀孤子心。天地其忍棄。操弓打河水。魚鼈騈首尾。屹然成橋梯。始乃得渡矣。俄爾追兵至。上橋橋旋圮。
In secret he bound himself to three worthy friends, and those men had wisdom in plenty. Going south he came to Eomchesu, and though he would cross there was no boat at the bank. He took his whip and pointed at the blue above, and with deep feeling he gave a long sigh. "The grandson of the Heavenly Emperor and the grandson of Habaek by his daughter has fled from trouble and come here. Can heaven and earth bear to cast off the grieving heart of this orphan son?" He took his bow and struck the river water, and fish and soft-shelled turtles set head and tail together and rose up and made a bridge, and only then could he cross. In a moment the pursuing soldiers came, and when they climbed onto the bridge the bridge fell apart at once.
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烏伊，摩離，陜父等三人。
The three men were Oi, Mari, and Hyeopbo.
一名蓋斯水。在今鴨綠東北。
It is also called Gaesasu, and it lies today northeast of the Amnok.
欲渡無舟。恐追兵奄及。迺以策指天。慨然嘆曰。我天帝之孫。河伯之甥。今避難至此。皇天后土。憐我孤子。速致舟橋。言訖。以弓打水。魚鼈浮出成橋。朱蒙乃得渡。良久追兵至。
He would cross, but there was no boat, and he feared the pursuing soldiers would be upon him, so he pointed at heaven with his whip and sighed with deep feeling, saying, "I am the grandson of the Heavenly Emperor and the grandson of Habaek by his daughter, and I have now fled from trouble and come here. August Heaven and Sovereign Earth, take pity on me, an orphan son, and send me a boat or a bridge quickly." When he had finished speaking, he struck the water with his bow, and fish and soft-shelled turtles floated up and made a bridge, and Jumong was able to cross. A good while later the pursuing soldiers came.
追兵至河。魚鼈橋卽滅。已上橋者。皆沒死。
When the pursuing soldiers came to the river, the bridge of fish and soft-shelled turtles vanished at once, and those who had already climbed onto it all sank and died.