Korean Art Song Learning Center

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  • IPA- 시간에 기대어(Leaning on Time)

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    Somewhere beyond that hill
    I wonder if you are living there
    Upon the bonus of time embroidered by the seasons
    You and I are vulnerable people

    Somewhere here where the wind reaches
    I wonder if we still remain
    As heavy as the weight of years with no rehearsal
    You and I are lonely people

    Somewhere here where sorrow reaches
    I wonder if we are still living
    As heavy as the years lived full of regret
    You and I are lonely people

    I remember, I reminisce
    Even our relationship that has grown distant
    I love you, your changed appearance
    Missing you and yet having to forget again

    We, leaning on that time

    I love you, even as the world fades to white
    The repeated days lived as a bonus

    I remember, I reminisce
    Even our relationship that has grown distant
    I love you, your changed appearance
    Missing you and yet having to forget again

    We, leaning on that time
    We, leaning on that time





  • IPA- 꽃구름 속에(Wild Flowers in the Mountains)

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    Flower wind, flower wind,
    through every village
    blow warmly

    Peach and apricot blossoms
    in a radiant glow
    like clouds, clouds of blossoms
    in a radiant glow

    Scatter pollen
    through every village
    spread the deep fragrance of flowers

    Suffered in cold and hunger
    curled up and trembling through the whole winter
    people who have lived

    Sorrowful stories, sorrowful stories
    Ah,
    forgetting them completely

    Intoxicated by
    the fragrance of flowers
    inside the dreamlike flower clouds
    let them sink

    Like butterflies
    let them sink




  • IPA- 시소타기(Seesawing)

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    You and I walking through
    an empty alley at dusk

    A little playground we found
    from childhood memories

    One streetlight shining on us,
    riding a little seesaw

    Higher than the clouds,
    we go up

    If you fetch the stars,
    and I’ll carry this darkness

    Let your stars shine inside you

    if your smile ascends brightly,
    becoming the moon

    embracing you,
    my breast should become night


  • 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