Pukch'ŏng, a remote town in Hamgyŏng Province, has intimations of hard living. The rhyme is han/nan. Tones match.
Already it’s the fourth month on Hamgwallyŏng Pass;
still the Pukch'ŏng magistrate feels the cold.
Only now has the azalea begun to bloom.
Spring is having problems climbing the mountain.