} The traditional Korean sijo are lyrical , as they were originally sung .
} Twentieth century and later sijo poets deliberately composed them to be printed on a page and read as modern poems .
} Singer is accompanied by Dae-gum ( bamboo flute ) and Chang-gu ( hour-glass shaped drum ).
} The singer uses wide vibrato is addition to pitch change .
} All sijo chang ( means song ) are sung in a very deliberate pace , and the singer must be trained to extend the notes of the song for effect .
Jade Green Stream , Don ’ t boast so proud of your easy passing through these blue hills . Once you have reached the broad sea , to return again will be hard .
While the Bright Moon fills these empty hills , why not pause ? Then go on , if you will .
청산리 벽계수야 수이감을 자랑마라 일도 창해하면 다시오기 어려오니 명월이 만강산하니 쉬여간들 엇더리
Click here to listen to sijo chang sung by Wol-ha Kim .
A shadow strikes the water below : a monk passes by on the bridge ,
“ Stay awhile , reverend sir , let me ask you where you go .” He just points his staff at the white clouds and keeps on his way without turning .
물 아래 그림자 지니 다리위에 중이 간다 저 중아 개 있거라 너 가는 데 물어보자 막대로 흰 구름 가리키며 돌아 아니 보고 가노메라 .
Though this body die and die , a hundred times live again to die , White bones become but dust , a soul exist , then not , For my lord , this single-piece red heart , how could it ever change ?
이 몸이 죽고 죽어 일 백 번 고쳐 죽어 백골이 진토되어 넋이라도 있고 없고 임 향한 일편단심이야 가실 줄이 있으랴
By moonlight I sit all alone in the lookout on Hansan isle .
My sword is on my thigh , I am submerged in deep despair .
From somewhere the shrill note of a pipe … will it sever my heartstrings ?
한산섬 달 밝은 밤에 수루에 홀로 앉아 큰 칼 어루만지며깊은 시름 하는 때에 어디서 일성호가는 남의 애를 끊나니
T ’ aesan is mighty high , they say , but it still is a hill beneath the sky .
Climbing it and climbing , there ’ s no reason you can ’ t climb all the way . It ’ s people who won ’ t try to climb who say , “ That hill ’ s too high , it ’ s too high .”
태산이 놉다 하되 하늘 아래 뫼이로다 오르고 또오르면 못오를리 업건마는 사람이 제 아니 오르고 뫼흘 놉다 하더라
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