Just 1 year – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: BIG Naughty, 10CM

Lyrics & Translation

Thinking about learning Korean? Let the emotive storytelling in 'Just 1 year' by BIG Naughty and 10CM be your guide. This song offers a beautiful opportunity to learn expressions of longing and reflection. Its relatable theme of looking back on a past love with the wisdom of hindsight makes it a compelling and touching way to connect with the Korean language and culture.

[English]

If we had met just one year later

Would you be holding my hand right now

If we had met just one year later

Would you be in my arms right now

This isn't right, it's not our fault

Just in the flow of time

Things that piled up, just words

Couldn't say them, inside my heart

Troubles of those knots

Back then, it was hard because we were young

You and I both acted tough, but we were too young

Back then, I didn't know, pretended not to

Love wasn't enough on its own

We love each other, why did we break up

I want to see you, why did we break up

I can't live without you

You can't live without me

Why did we break up, we who were like that

Just one year

If we had met just one year later

Would you be holding my hand right now

If we had met just one year later

Would you be in my arms right now

Now I know what our problem was

We were young

Even if we went back

Nothing would change probably

One thing I regret is

At the end, I should have just hugged you, I guess

To your words of don't go

To your words of I love you

I couldn't respond

I really want to tell that day's me

If you say don't go, then just don't go

Don't hold back those words of I love you

What didn't fit wasn't

The timing, but it was us

If we had met just one year later

Would you be holding my hand right now

If we had met just one year later

Would you be in my arms right now

Just one year

Just one year

Just one year

Just one year

If we had met just one year later

Would you be in my arms right now

...

[Korean]

우리가 딱 1년만 더 늦게 만났더라면

너는 지금 내 손 잡고 있을까

우리가 딱 1년만 더 늦게 만났더라면

너는 지금 내 품 속에 있을까

이건 아냐 우리의 잘못

그저 흘러가는 시간 속

쌓여버린 그저 말론

할 수 없었던 마음속

응어리들의 말썽

그때는 어려서 어려웠어

너나 나나 센 척했지만 너무 어려서

그때는 몰랐어 모른척했어

사랑은 사랑만으론 안되는 거였어

사랑하는데 왜 헤어져

널 보고 싶은데 왜 헤어져

난 너 없인 안 되고

넌 나 없인 안 돼

그런 우리가 왜 헤어져

딱 1년만

우리가 딱 1년만 더 늦게 만났더라면

너는 지금 내 손 잡고 있을까

우리가 딱 1년만 더 늦게 만났더라면

너는 지금 내 품 속에 있을까

이젠 알아 우리의 문제가 뭐였는지

우린 어렸고

다시 돌아간다 해도

달라질 건 없겠지만

하나 후회되는 건

마지막에라도 그냥 안아줄 걸 그랬나 봐

가지 말라는 너의 말에

사랑한다는 너의 말에

대답하지 못했던

그날의 내게 꼭 전해주고 싶어

가지 말라면 그냥 가지 마

사랑한다는 그 말 참지 마

맞지 않았었던 건

타이밍이 아니라 우리였던 거야

우리가 딱 1년만 더 늦게 만났더라면

너는 지금 내 손 잡고 있을까

우리가 딱 1년만 더 늦게 만났더라면

너는 지금 내 품 속에 있을까

딱 1년만

딱 1년만

딱 1년만

딱 1년만

우리가 딱 1년만 더 늦게 만났더라면

너는 지금 내 품 속에 있을까

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ B1	noun - deep affection or attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone
time /taɪm/ A2	noun - measured period during which something happens
start /stɑːrt/ A2	verb - to begin something
hold /hoʊld/ B1	verb - to grasp or carry with hands
pain /peɪn/ B2	noun - physical or emotional suffering
heart /hɑːrt/ B1	noun - organ that pumps blood; symbol of emotion
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - to move downward due to gravity
forget /fərˈɡɛt/ B2	verb - to fail to remember
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to produce tears when emotional
happiness /ˈhæpɪnəs/ B2	noun - state of feeling pleased or content
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B2	verb - to break free from confinement or a situation
destiny /ˈdɛstɪni/ C1	noun - fate or predetermined outcome

Key Grammar Structures

• 우리가 딱 1년만 더 늦게 만났더라면

  ➔ Conditional form (-더라면)

  ➔ This uses the conditional suffix "-더라면" to express a hypothetical situation, meaning 'if we had met'. It implies regret about timing in the past.

• 너는 지금 내 손 잡고 있을까

  ➔ Continuous aspect (-고 있다)

  ➔ The phrase "잡고 있을까" uses "-고 있다" to describe an ongoing action 'holding', combining with a question ending indicating speculation about a hypothetical present.

• 그저 흘러가는 시간 속

  ➔ Modifier phrase structure (관형형)

  ➔ "흘러가는" is a modifying form before the noun "시간 속", meaning 'within the flowing time', using present tense in attributes to describe something ongoing.

• 그때는 어려서 어려웠어

  ➔ Reason clause (-어서)

  ➔ "어려서" uses the connective "-어서" to show reason, meaning 'because I was young' leading to 'difficult', with casual past tense "-었어".

• 사랑하는데 왜 헤어져

  ➔ Contrastive connective (-는데)

  ➔ "하는데" uses "-는데" for contrast between 'loving' and 'breaking up', asking 'why' when the situation doesn't match.

• 난 너 없인 안 되고

  ➔ Double negation (안 되다)

  ➔ "안 되고" uses double negation in "너 없인 안 되고", meaning 'cannot do without you', emphasizing dependency.

• 가지 말라는 너의 말에

  ➔ Quotation marker (-라는)

  ➔ "말라는" uses "-라는" to quote 'don't go' in "너의 말에", meaning 'to what you said'.

• 타이밍이 아니라 우리였던 거야

  ➔ Retrospective realization (었던 거야)

  ➔ "이었던 거야" uses past attributive "-었던" and explanatory "-거야" to reveal 'it was us, not timing', showing hindsight understanding.

• 다시 돌아간다 해도

  ➔ Concession (가도)

  ➔ "돌아간다 해도" uses "-라도" (written as 해도 due to contraction) for concession, meaning 'even if we go back', implying it wouldn't change.