Korean Art Song Learning Center

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  • IPA- 눈 (Snow)

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    On a little mountain path,
    when white snow gently piles up

    Of my small footprints,
    I wish to leave forever

    Until my little heart is dyed white

    the snow-white mountain path,
    I wish to wander

    When a lonely winter bird’s sound is heard from afar

    In my reverie, ripples arise,
    and I forget the path

    I will engrave in my heart your pure voice

    Is it coming, carried on the wind?
    It comes as white snow

    Far away, my heart runs through the forest

    Ah, the winter bird is not seen,
    only a white trace remains

    Closing my eyes, I will listen to your endless song

    I imperceptibly become white snow and walk along the mountain path





  • IPA- 마중 (Greeting)

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    Love (is) too far,
    if (you) cannot come, I will go
    An evening longing for a word,
    face to face, sitting together

    Your dreams, gently
    listening and telling my love
    Perhaps longing is something
    like a fragrance (we) lost long ago

    What living is,
    longing on the contented day
    My dear, I’ll run ahead
    and stand there as a flower





  • IPA- 내 맘의 강물 (The river of my heart)

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    Though countless days have gone away
    The river of my heart flows endlessly
    Though that day and time are gone now
    The river of my heart flows endlessly

    The deep blue sky far away
    The clouds drift softly away
    Harsh storm and frost
    Though every trace gone by still hurts my heart

    beautiful pearls formed one by one
    Gleaming, ever more bright
    Though that day and time are gone now
    The river of my heart flows endlessly

    Refrain

    The deep blue sky far away
    The clouds drift softly away
    Harsh storm and frost
    Though every trace gone by still hurts my heart

    beautiful pearls formed one by one
    Gleaming, ever more bright
    Though that day and time are gone now
    The river of my heart flows endlessly
    Flows endlessly




  • IPA- 고향의 노래 (Song of Home)

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    1st Verse


    In the winter garden,
    the chrysanthemum has withered

    white early frost drifts down
    when (I) open the window

    The blue-winged wild goose
    flies toward the north

    Ah, now stand at the quiet,
    empty fields

    On the snowy road hometown
    the flower lantern will glow

    On the snowy road hometown
    the flower lantern will glow

    2nd Verse

    Moon and sun are gone,
    stars are far away

    In the deep mountain valley, 
    at a thatched-roof village

    When spring comes, every branch 
    and blooming flower will be joyful

    Ah, now with hands together,
    close (your) eyes

    On the wattle fence of hometown
    large snowflakes are piling up

    On the wattle fence of hometown
    large snowflakes are piling up


  • IPA- 뱃노래 (Boat song)

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    1st Verse


    Water bird dances
    in the blue sky

    Eya-deya, row quickly
    let’s go find my beloved

    Set the boat afloat,
    gently carrying youth

    Here by the Hwangpo River,
    red with sunset

    Eya-deya, row quickly
    let’s go find my beloved

    Faraway, endless blue sea,
    Where is my beloved?

    2nd Verse

    Bright moonlight dances
    upon the water

    Eya-deya, row quickly
    let’s go hometown

    with a fair wind and the raised sail,
    cutting through the waves

    When I look afar,
    even the sky feels distant

    Eya-deya, row quickly
    let’s go hometown

    Where are the mountains
    and rivers of the hometown?

  • IPA- 얼굴 (The face)

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    1st Verse


    About to draw a circle,
    unconsciously drew a face

    The white dreams of that time,
    blooming along with my heart

    Eyes that shone like blooming dew
    on the grass

    Round and round,
    The face that spins and fades away

    2nd Verse

    About to draw a circle,
    unconsciously drew a face

    Under the multicolored sky,
    I rose along the rainbow

    The past days when I fluttered
    like a butterfly in the clouds

    Round and round,
    the face that kept circling

  • IPA- 진달래꽃 (Azalea Flower)

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    (Singing Version)

    When seeing me grows unpleasant
    and (you) choose to leave

    I shall let you go 
    in silence, gently

    When seeing me grows unpleasant
    and (you) choose to leave

    I shall let you go 
    in silence, gently

    Azalea flowers
    on Yak Mountain in Yeongbyeon

    Gather armfuls them
    along your path

    Azalea flowers
    on Yak Mountain in Yeongbyeon

    I will gather armfuls
    and scatter them along your path

    The flowers laid
    at every step you take

    Tread lightly
    on the flowers and go your way

    The flowers laid
    at every step you take

    Tread lightly
    on the flowers and go your way

    When seeing me grows unpleasant
    and (you) choose to leave

    I shall let you go 
    in silence, gently

    When seeing me grows unpleasant
    and (you) choose to leave

    Even in death,
    I will never shed a tear

  • IPA- 새타령 (Bird Song)

    1st Verse

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    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

  • IPA- 님이 오시는지 (Is My Beloved Coming?)

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    1st Verse

    In the moonlight from afar,
    is my beloved coming

    The wind blowing in the reed beds
    are these your footsteps?

    Might the sound of flowing water
    be my beloved’s song?

    My lonely heart wandering endlessly

    As dawn draws near, only the wind rises

    2nd Verse

    Passing the field
    where lilies are dreaming

    In the moonlight from afar,
    is my beloved coming?

    The sound of a grass-dyed skirt
    dragging as it comes

    Parting the flower’s scent,
    is my beloved coming?

    My heart trembles and wanders endlessly

    As dawn draws near, the wind fills the air

    The wind fills the air

  • IPA- 고풍의상 (Traditional Attire)

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    As if flying toward the sky

    Stretched long along the eaves beam’s edge,
    the wind chime resounds


    Embracing an armful of light pink flowers


    Half-moon, hidden within the finely hung
    beaded curtain at the eaves’ edge

    The deepening spring night faintly,
    sounding like a cuckoo

    How lovely, how graceful, truly beautiful indeed

    The white collar of the fine Jeogori
    shines brightly

    The twelve-panel long skirt ripples gently

    You are a butterfly,
    telling the ancient classics of some distant land

    Dance softly, like a butterfly

    With lowered brows

    On this night, I live in the old times
    closing eyes, choose the strings of the Geomungo

    like a slender willow, swaying to the melody

    I shall wave my white hands