禱千手觀音歌 (도천수관음가) To Ch’ŏnsu Kwanǔn ka Prayer to Kwanum Bodhisattva with one thousand eyes and hands

도

pray [to]

천수관음

Kwanum Bodhisattva with one thousand eyes and hand

-노라

indicative, expresses speaker's intent

즈믄

one thousand

놓다

release, set forth, hand over, place in one's hands

덜다

decrease, remove, give up

숨겨주다

hide, entrust

매달리다

beg, implore

-누나

progressive exclamation (“is ...ing!”)

을 진대

=가령 그러할 터이면 “if ... is so,” “if ... is the case,” “if one were to ...”

자비

mercy

Author

blind child c. 762–765