Songs of the Kisaeng

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Songs of the Kisaeng

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Title Sub: courtesan poetry of the last Korean dynasty
Author: Hwang Jini
Co-Author: 백호, Chinok, Chongum, Hanu, Hoeyon, Hongjang, Hongnang, Imniwol, Kang Gangwol, Keju, Kuji, Kumhong, Kungnyo, Kyerang, Kyesom, Maehwa, Munhyang, Myongok, Okson, Piidong, Song Daechun, Songi, Tabok
Translator: Constantie Contogenis, Choe Wol-Hee
Publisher: BOAs
Published Year: 1997
Country: UNITED STATES
Classification: KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > Sijo > Joseon Dynasty
Original Title: 기생 시조선
Original Language: Korean(한국어)
Romanization of Original: Gisaeng sijoseon
ISBN: 1880238535
Page: 80
Volume: -

Hwang Chini
Birth : 1506 ~ 1544
Occupation : Poet
First Name : Chini
Family Name : Hwang
Korean Name : 황진이
ISNI : 0000000063399873
Works : 21

Im Je
Birth : 1549 ~ 1587
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Je
Family Name : Im
Korean Name : 임제
ISNI : 0000000022871393
Works : 15

Chinok
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Poet
First Name : Chinok
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 진옥
ISNI : -
Works : 2

Chongum
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Chongum
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 천금
ISNI : -
Works : 8

Hanu
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Hanu
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 한우
ISNI : -
Works : 3

Hoeyon
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Hoeyon
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 회연
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Hongjang
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Hongjang
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 홍장
ISNI : -
Works : 3

Hongnang
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng, Poet
First Name : Hongnang
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 홍랑
ISNI : -
Works : 5

Imniwol
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Imniwol
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 입리월
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Kang Gangwol
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Gangwol
Family Name : Kang
Korean Name : 강강월
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Keju
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Keju
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 계주
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Kuji
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Kuji
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 구지
ISNI : -
Works : 7

Kumhong
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Kumhong
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 금홍
ISNI : -
Works : 2

Kungnyo
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Kungnyo
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 궁녀
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Kyerang
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Kyerang
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 계랑
ISNI : -
Works : 5

Kyesom
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Kyesom
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 계섬
ISNI : -
Works : 3

Maehwa
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Maehwa
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 매화
ISNI : -
Works : 5

Munhyang
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Munhyang
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 문향
ISNI : -
Works : 2

Myongok
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Myongok
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 명옥
ISNI : -
Works : 5

Okson
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Okson
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 옥선
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Piidong
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Piidong
Family Name : -
Korean Name : Piidong
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Song Daechun
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Daechun
Family Name : Song
Korean Name : 송대춘
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Songi
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Songi
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 솔이
ISNI : -
Works : 1

Tabok
Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
Occupation : Kisaeng,Poet
First Name : Tabok
Family Name : -
Korean Name : 다복
ISNI : -
Works : 3

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Original Korean poems, written during the 16th and 17th centuries, and contemporary English translations.

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English(English) Document
KLN(Korean Literature Now) Vol.46

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Author		Work name
Translation	Korean	Translation	Korean
Hwang Jini	황진이	Ah, What Have I Done?	어저 내 일이야 그럴 줄을 모르더냐
Hwang Jini	황진이	At Cold Solstice	동짓달 기나긴 밤을 한 허리를 베어내어
Hwang Jini	황진이	Blue Stream	청산리 벽계수야 쉬이 감을 자랑마라
Hwang Jini	황진이	I Have a Will	청산은 내 뜻이오 녹수는 님의 정이
Hwang Jini	황진이	Old Mountain	산은 옛 산이로되 물은 옛 물이 아니로다
Hwang Jini	황진이	When Ever Did I?	내 언제 무신하여 님을 언제 속엿건대
Imje	임제	Are You Napping?	청초 우거진 골에 자는가 누었는가
Chinok	진옥	Iron, We Were Told	철이 철이라커날 무쇠 섭철만 여겼더니
Chongum	천금	As Evening Entered	산촌에 밤이 드니 먼데 개 지져 온다
Hanu	한우	Why Freeze?	어이 얼어 잘이 므스 일 얼어 잘이
Hoeyon	회연	In Fall, When the Moon	추월이 만정한대 국화는 유의로다
Hongjang	홍장	Under the Cold, Pine Arbor Moon	한송정 달 밝은 밤의 경포에 물결 잔제
Hongnang	홍랑	I Chose This Branch	묏버들 골라 걲어 보내노라 님의 손에
Imniwol	입리월	The Large Beak Finches	청조도 다 날아가고 홍안이 그치었다
Imniwol	입리월	We Tied His Horse	자문에 말을 매고 님과 분수할 제
Kang Gangwol	강강월	At Some Thoughts	시시로 생각하니 눈물이 몇 줄기요
Kang Gangwol	강강월	Late One Night	기러기 우는 밤에 나 홀로 잠이 없어
Kang Gangwol	강강월	While Journeying	천리에 만났다가 천리에 이별하니
Keju	계주	Let My Cassia Boat
Kuji	구지	My Boat, Cut	장송으로 배를 만들어 대동강에 띄워두고
Kumhong	금홍	Wild Geese Sang	벽천 홍안성에 창을 열고 내다 보니
Kungnyo	궁녀	Who Caught You.7
Kyerang	계랑	Petals Rained	이화우 흩뿌릴 제 울며 잡고 이별한 님
Kyesom	계섬	Just When	청춘은 언제가면 백발은 언제 온고
Maehwa	매화-평양	As I Tossed	매화 옛 등걸에 봄철이 돌아오니
Maehwa	매화-진주	I Would Have To	죽어서 잊어야 하겠느냐 살아서 그리워 해야 하겠느냐
Maehwa	매화-진주	My Thoughts of Him	심중에 무한사를 세세히 옮겨다가
Maehwa	매화	To This Old Stump	매화 옛 등걸에 춘절이 돌아오니
Maehwa	매화	What Blight	평생에 믿을 님을 그리워하여 무슨 병이 들었는가
Munhyang	문향	All Right Then	오냐 말 아니따다 실커니 아니말랴
Myongok	명옥	Don’t Tell Me the Face
Myongok	명옥	A Lover That Shows	꿈에 뵈는 님이 신의 없다 하것마는
Okson	옥선	They Say	뉘라샤 졍됴타 하던고 이별의도 인정인가
Piidong		If You
Songdaechun	송대춘	A Butterfly from Seoul	한양서 떠온 나비 백화총에 들었구나
Songi	솔이	Everything You Do	이리하여 날 속이고 저리하여 날 속이니
Songi	솔이	Hush, Rooster	닭아 울지 마라 일찍 운다고 자랑말아
Songi	솔이	I Sit Up	남은 다 자는 밤에 내 혼자 일어앉아
Songi	솔이	Love Is Not	사랑이 어떻터니 둥그더냐 모나더냐
Songi	솔이	The River of Stars	은하에 물이 지니 오작교가 뜬다 말이냐
Songi	솔이	So, You Can Tell	솔이 솔이라 하니 무삼 솔만 너기난다
Songi	솔이	When a Butterfly Sees a Flower	꽃보고 춤추는 나비와 나비 보고 방긋 웃는 꽃과
Songi	솔이	Our Love Is Not	내 사랑 남 주지 말고 남의 사랑 탐치 마소
Tabok	다복	At the Last Waste of Dark	북두성 기울어지고 경오점 자자간다
Anonymous	작자미상	An Anchor Lifts
Anonymous	작자미상	Before They Cross
Anonymous	작자미상	The Black Crow
Anonymous	작자미상	If Tears Were Pearls
Anonymous	작자미상	If Rain
Anonymous	작자미상	So, What Is This Love?
Anonymous	작자미상	Stop
Anonymous	작자미상	Were There Two
Anonymous	작자미상	What Struck Me

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