Lovesick Girls – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: BLACKPINK
• Album: THE ALBUM -JP Ver.-

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the Korean language and culture through BLACKPINK's "Lovesick Girls," a captivating blend of K-pop, EDM, and poignant lyrics. Learn about the complexities of love, loss, and the strength found in friendship, all while enjoying the catchy beats and dynamic vocals that make this song a global hit.

[English]

Lovesick Girls

Lovesick Girls

Eternal night

Locked in a windowless room, love (love)

What can we say?

Even when it hurts every time, we shout out love (love)

Getting hurt and falling apart, how do I keep going, trusting something?

Anyway, when I leave, I'll hate the mess of scars

Can't end it until I see it through to the end

Just like waiting for this pain

Maybe it's only for a moment

What are we searching for while wandering?

But I don't care, I'll do it over and over

As long as you're in my world, that's enough

We are the lovesick girls

You can't end my love on your own

We are the lovesick girls

Without this pain, I mean nothing

But we were born to be alone

Yeah, we were born to be alone

Yeah, we were born to be alone

But why are we still searching for love?

No love letters, no X's and O's

No love, never, my exes know

No diamond rings that last forever

Better to be left alone on the left side

Didn't want to be a princess, I'm priceless

A prince isn't even on my list

Love is a drug I’ve quit

No doctor can help when I’m lovesick

Maybe it’s only for a moment

What are we searching for while wandering?

I hold your image in my anxious eyes

Even if it hurts, as long as I have you

We are the lovesick girls

You can’t end my love on your own

We are the lovesick girls

Without this pain, I mean nothing

But we were born to be alone

Yeah, we were born to be alone

Yeah, we were born to be alone

But why are we still searching for love?

Love is slippin’ and fallin’, love is killin’ your darlin’

It’s painful, but once it heals, that trembling comes back

I can’t hear what you say, this pain makes me happy

And I feel more sorry for you than for myself

We are the lovesick girls

You can’t end my love on your own

We are the lovesick girls

Without this pain, I mean nothing

(One, two, lovesick girls) Everyone eventually leaves

(Lovesick girls) Even when my tears dull, I keep going

(Lovesick girls) Even if it’s painful again and again

(Lovesick girls) but we’re still searching for love

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[Japanese]

Lovesick girls

Lovesick girls

영원한 밤

창문 없는 방에 우릴 가둔 love (love)

What can we say?

매번 아파도 외치는 love (love)

다치고 망가져도 나 뭘 믿고 버티는 거야?

어차피 떠나면 상처투성인 채로 미워하게 될걸

끝장을 보기 전 끝낼 순 없어

이 아픔을 기다린 것처럼

아마 다 잠깐 일지도 몰라

우린 무얼 찾아서 헤매는 걸까?

But I don't care, I'll do it over and over

내 세상 속엔 너만 있으면 돼

We are the lovesick girls

네 멋대로 내 사랑을 끝낼 순 없어

We are the lovesick girls

이 아픔 없인 난 아무 의미가 없어

But we were born to be alone

Yeah, we were born to be alone

Yeah, we were born to be alone

But why we still looking for love?

No love letters, no X and O's

No love, never, my exes know

No diamond rings, that set in stone

To the left, better left alone

Didn't wanna be a princess, I'm priceless

A prince not even on my list

Love is a drug that I quit

No doctor could help when I'm lovesick

아마 다 잠깐일지도 몰라

우린 무얼 찾아서 헤매는 걸까?

불안한 내 눈빛 속에 널 담아

아프더라도 너만 있으면 돼

We are the lovesick girls

네 멋대로 내 사랑을 끝낼 순 없어

We are the lovesick girls

이 아픔 없인 난 아무 의미가 없어

But we were born to be alone

Yeah, we were born to be alone

Yeah, we were born to be alone

But why we still looking for love?

사랑은 slippin' and fallin', 사랑은 killin' your darlin'

아프다 아물면 또 찾아오는 이 겁 없는 떨림

들리지 않아 what you say, 이 아픔이 난 행복해

나를 불쌍해하는 네가 내 눈엔 더 불쌍해

We are the lovesick girls

네 멋대로 내 사랑을 끝낼 순 없어

We are the lovesick girls

이 아픔 없인 난 아무 의미가 없어

(One, two, lovesick girls) 모두 결국 떠나가고

(Lovesick girls) 내 눈물이 무뎌져도

(Lovesick girls) 아프고 또 아파도

(Lovesick girls) but we're still looking for love

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - a feeling of deep affection or attachment verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
night /naɪt/ A2	noun - the period of darkness in each 24-hour cycle
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood through the body; emotional center
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts or images during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
hope /hoʊp/ B2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want or expect something to happen
alone /əˈloʊn/ B1	adjective - having no one else present; solitary
stay /steɪ/ A2	verb - to remain in the same place
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - to cause pain to someone or oneself
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to shed tears as an expression of emotion
sick /sɪk/ A2	adjective - affected by illness; feeling unwell

Key Grammar Structures

• Why we still looking for love?

  ➔ Question form with 'why' + subject + base verb

  ➔ 'Why' is used to ask for reason or explanation; here, it introduces a question about the enduring desire for love.

• No love letters, no X and O's

  ➔ Use of 'no' + noun phrase to indicate absence or negation

  ➔ 'No' is used to deny the existence of love letters and X's and O's, emphasizing the absence of traditional romantic symbols.

• Love is a drug that I quit

  ➔ Complex sentence with 'that' introducing a relative clause to specify what 'love' is

  ➔ 'That' introduces a relative clause giving more information about 'love', indicating it is something I stopped doing ('quit').

• We were born to be alone

  ➔ Passive infinitive to express destiny or natural state

  ➔ The phrase uses an infinitive form 'to be' in a passive sense to describe a natural or inevitable condition of being alone.

• But we were born to be alone

  ➔ Contrasting conjunction 'but' with passive infinitive phrase

  ➔ The conjunction 'but' introduces a contrast between the previous idea and the idea of being born to be alone, emphasizing the contradiction.