IPA- 새타령 (Bird Song)

1st Verse

Birds, birds are flying in
All kinds of birds are flying in

Roc in Namyeong
Phoenix on the paulownia leaf

Wild goose in lovesickness
Scops owl in search of home

Mandarin duck with its mate
Seagull setting sail

Eruhua! wonderful
Spring has come

Aruhua! wonderful
Spring has come

Ya! News has come
across the streams and mountains of this land

Also fluttering across the mountains and streams
Even fluttering across the blue waves

2nd Verse

Birds, birds are singing
Which bird is singing?

Owl cries “boo-woong, boo-woong”
The woodpecker pecks “tak-tak-reu-reu”

Cuckoo sings “bbo-guk, bbo-guk”
Oriole chirps “kkwe-kol kkwe-kol”

Eruhua! wonderful
Spring has come

Aruhua! wonderful
Spring has come

Ya! News has come
to this broad land

Ding-dong-daeng-dong also in the forest
Ding-dong-daeng-dong even in the fields