Heartbreaking love (지독하게 가슴 아픈 사랑) – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: ZIA

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

True love, why is it only this painful?

Even when I try hard to hold it in, tears well up

I try to smile in the cloudless sunshine

But my heart grows colder without me realizing

I try hard to hide all the beautiful memories

I kept myself busy, but why do tears fall?

This heartbreakingly painful love

Memories that have passed still come to mind

I'm still sobbing in your arms

I miss you like crazy, our past

Even when I try to bring out our memories

They've already disappeared

You and I, who loved each other so much

It took so long to erase you, my enemy

I didn't know erasing you would be this hard

I didn't know back then

This heartbreakingly painful love

Memories that have passed still come to mind

I'm still sobbing in your arms

I miss you like crazy, our past

Even when I try to bring out our memories

It's no use, as they come to mind

Let go of this love

No matter how hard I try

No matter how hard I try to erase it

It's like a pencil mark that can't be erased

I told myself it was just that kind of love

But tears flow even when I try to console myself

My longing for you, on the contrary

Keeps growing bigger

I miss you like crazy, our past

Even when I try hard to bring out our memories

They've already disappeared

You and I, who loved each other so much

[Korean]

참 사랑이란 왜 이리 아프기만 한지

애써 꾹 참으려 해도 눈물이 핑 돌아

구름 한 점 없는 햇살에 웃어보지만

나도 모르게 더 가슴이 시려

헝 아름다웠던 모든 기억들 애써 감추며

바쁘게 지냈는데 웬 물이 나

지독하게 가슴 아픈 사랑

지나 버린 기억 여전히 더 떠올라

아직까지 난 너의 품에서 흐느끼고 있는데

미치도록 니가 그리워서 우리 지난

추억 꺼내 보려 해봐도

이미 사라져 버린

너무 사랑했던 너와 나

참 오래 걸렸어 너라는 적을

지워 내는 게 이토록 어려울 줄

그땐 몰랐어

지독하게 가슴 아픈 사랑

지나 버린 기억 여전히 더 떠올라

아직까지 난 너의 품에서 흐느끼고 있는데

미치도록 니가 그리워서 우리 지난

추억 꺼내 보려 해봐도

아무 소용없는 걸 떠오르니까

이 사랑을 놓아 버려

애를 써 봐도

지우려 노력해도

지울 수 없는 연필 자국 같아

그저 그런 사랑이었다고 했어

달래 봐도 눈물이 흐르잖아

너를 향한 그리움은 반대로

더 커져 가는데

미치도록 니가 보고 싶어 우리 지난

추억 꺼내 보려 애써도

이미 사라져 버린

너무 사랑했던 너와 나

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
사랑 /saɾaŋ/ A1	noun - love
아프다 /apʰɯda/ A2	adjective - to be painful
눈물 /nunmul/ A2	noun - tear
구름 /kuɾɯm/ A1	noun - cloud
햇살 /hɛts͈al/ B1	noun - sunshine
가슴 /kasɯm/ A2	noun - chest, heart
기억 /kiʌk/ B1	noun - memory
지독하다 /tɕido̞kʰa̠da̠/ B2	adjective - severe, terrible
지나다 /t͡ɕina̠da̠/ A2	verb - to pass, to go by
떠오르다 /t͈ʌ̹o̞ɾɯda̠/ B2	verb - to come to mind
품 /pʰum/ B1	noun - bosom, embrace
추억 /t͡ɕʰuʌk/ B1	noun - memory, recollection
사라지다 /sʰa̠ɾa̠d͡ʑida̠/ B1	verb - to disappear
적 /t͡ɕʌ̹k/ B2	noun - enemy
그리움 /ɡɯɾium/ B2	noun - longing, yearning

Key Grammar Structures

• 참 사랑이란 왜 이리 아프기만 한지

  ➔ Topic marker/Emphasis + Comparative Adverbial + Particle

  ➔ The phrase uses the topic marker "참" (really/truly) to emphasize the pain of love. "이리" (this much) indicates a degree, and "만" (only/just) in conjunction with the verb "아프다" (to hurt) highlights the painful aspect of love. The sentence expresses a sentiment of questioning or lamenting how painful love is.

• 애써 꾹 참으려 해도 눈물이 핑 돌아

  ➔ Effort + Intensifier + Trying + Auxiliary verb + even if + tear + spinning/welling up

  ➔ This line contains the structure "~으려 해도" (even if trying to...), which is used to indicate an action that happens despite an attempt or effort. Here, despite trying hard to endure (꾹 참다), tears still well up (눈물이 핑 돌아).

• 구름 한 점 없는 햇살에 웃어보지만

  ➔ Without any + Noun + Particle + Sunshine + Verb + but...

  ➔ The phrase describes a contrast: despite the beautiful sunshine (no clouds), the speaker still feels sad. "-지만" (but) is used to show the contradiction.

• 나도 모르게 더 가슴이 시려

  ➔ I also + Don't know + More + Heart + is cold/aching

  ➔ This line uses the structure "-게" (in a way that/to the extent that) to show the result of the speaker's feelings. The phrase "나도 모르게" (without even knowing) means that the speaker's heart aches even without them being conscious of it.

• 헝 아름다웠던 모든 기억들 애써 감추며

  ➔ Exclamation + Beautiful + All + memories + Efforts + Hiding while...

  ➔ This sentence uses "-며" (while/and) to show the action of hiding memories at the same time as the expression of the exclamation. The word "애써" (with effort/strenuously) highlights the speaker's struggle to hide the beautiful memories.

• 바쁘게 지냈는데 웬 물이 나

  ➔ Busy + Spent time + but + What + Water + me

  ➔ The structure "-는데" (but/however) is used to indicate a contrast. Despite being busy (바쁘게 지냈는데), tears suddenly come out. "웬" introduces the unexpected: "웬 물이 나?" (Why am I suddenly crying?).

• 지독하게 가슴 아픈 사랑

  ➔ Brutally + Heart + Painful + Love

  ➔ This is a descriptive phrase. "지독하게" (brutally/severely) emphasizes the intensity of the pain. It modifies "아픈" (painful) to intensify its meaning and further describe the "사랑" (love).

• 지나 버린 기억 여전히 더 떠올라

  ➔ Passed + Memory + Still + More + Come to mind

  ➔ This sentence uses "-아/어/여" (and) to join two ideas, the passed memory and the act of coming to mind. "더" (more) emphasizes the intensity of the memory resurfacing.