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The cruelty of the North, cont.
"春雪이 亂粉粉하니 필 동말동 하여라"--梅花
[ʦʰunsʌɾi naːmbumbunɦɔni pʰil toŋmalt͈oŋ hɔjʌɾa]--[mæɦwa]
"Spring snow bewilders the sky; there may or may not be a new flower."
(From a sijo by Plum Blossom [16th cent.?]; trans. by Constantine Contogenis.)