May the TENDERNESS be with you! (사랑의이름으로!) – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: JANNABI, KARINA
• Album: Sound of Music pt.1

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic journey with JANNABI and KARINA's enchanting collaboration, "May the TENDERNESS be with you! (사랑의이름으로!)." This song is a beautiful opportunity to immerse yourself in Korean, offering a blend of poetic lyrics and a dreamy soundscape. Through its tender expressions of love and simplicity, you'll discover common phrases and emotional nuances in Korean, making language learning an artistic and heartfelt experience.

[English]

What simplicity means

Can we ever know?

Love feels like complicated things from a distant star

This time feels dizzying to me still

(Anywhere) searching for love

(Faded) searching for that meaning

(Even this night) crowds, crowds pouring out

This is the night sky and terrace of lovers chasing answers

In the name of love (to you) to you

What simplicity is

The youngest face of truth

An unwavering smile is our pride

May tenderness settle in

(Anywhere) searching for love

(Faded) searching for that meaning

(Even this night) crowds, crowds pouring out

This is the night sky and terrace of lovers chasing answers

In the name of love

...

(Don't forget) the love that came to you

(If you close your eyes) the darkness around it

(Above it) a small dance playing tricks

And then I love you, and you love me too

Remember this time, it won't last that long

In the name of love to you

To you

...

[Korean]

단순함이라는 거

우린 알 수 있을까?

사랑은 먼 별에서 온 복잡한 일들만 같고

이 시대는 내겐 아직 어지러워

(어디든) 사랑을 찾아서

(빛바래진) 그 의미를 찾아서

(이 밤도) 쏟아지는 사람들, 사람들

이곳은 답을 쫓는 연인들의 밤하늘과 테라스

사랑의 이름으로 (to you) to you

단순함이라는 건

진리의 가장 앳된 얼굴

굴하지 않는 미소는 우리의 자랑이니까

다정함이 깃들기를

(어디든) 사랑을 찾아서

(빛바래진) 그 의미를 찾아서

(이 밤도) 쏟아지는 사람들, 사람들

이곳은 답을 쫓는 연인들의 밤하늘과 테라스

사랑의 이름으로

(잊지 마) 찾아온 사랑과

(눈 감으면) 그를 둘러싼 어둠과

(그 위로) 발재간을 부리던 작은 춤

그러다 나는 너를 사랑하고 너도 날 사랑하는

이 시절을 기억해, 그리 길진 못할 거야

사랑의 이름으로 to you

To you

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
사랑 /saɾaŋ/ A1	noun - love
단순함 /tan.sun.ham/ B2	noun - simplicity
복잡한 /pok.t͡ɕa.pʰan/ B2	adjective - complex, complicated
별 /pjʌl/ A1	noun - star
시대 /ɕi.dɛ/ B1	noun - era, period
의미 /i.mi/ B1	noun - meaning, significance
밤하늘 /pam.ha.nɯl/ B2	noun - night sky
연인 /jʌn.in/ B2	noun - lover, sweetheart
진리 /tɕin.ɾi/ B2	noun - truth
미소 /mi.so/ B1	noun - smile
다정함 /ta.dʑʌŋ.ham/ B2	noun - kindness, affection
기억 /gi.ɡjʌk/ B1	noun - memory, remembrance
어둠 /ʌ.dum/ B1	noun - darkness
춤 /tɕʰum/ A2	noun - dance
찾다 /t͡ɕa.kt͡ɕa/ A2	verb - to search, to look for
기억하다 /gi.ɡjʌk.ha.da/ B2	verb - to remember
굴하지 않다 /ɡul.ha.ʑi an.ta/ C1	verb phrase - to not bow, to stay steadfast
쏟아지다 /s͈o.t͈a.d͡ʑi.da/ B2	verb - to pour down, to cascade
깃들다 /kɡit.tɨɭ.da/ C1	verb - to settle, to be filled with (an emotion)
빛바래진 /pʰit.pʰa.ɾe.d͡ʑin/ C1	adjective - faded, dimmed

Key Grammar Structures

• 단순함이라는 거 우린 알 수 있을까?

  ➔ Speculative question ending -(으)ㄹ까?

  ➔ The form ""있을까"" shows speculation: ‘can we know?’

• 사랑은 먼 별에서 온 복잡한 일들만 같고

  ➔ Connector -(ㅇ)고 to link clauses

  ➔ The ending ""같고"" links this clause to the next one, meaning ‘and/so’.

• (어디든) 사랑을 찾아서

  ➔ Purpose/Reason connective -(으)어서

  ➔ The ending ""찾아서"" means ‘in order to find’ or ‘because (we) find’.

• (이 밤도) 쏟아지는 사람들, 사람들

  ➔ Present‑participle modifier -(ㄴ/는)

  ➔ The word ""쏟아지는"" modifies 사람들, meaning ‘people who pour out (onto the night)’.

• 굴하지 않는 미소는 우리의 자랑이니까

  ➔ Reason connective -(으)니까

  ➔ The ending ""니까"" gives a reason: ‘because it is our pride’.

• 다정함이 깃들기를

  ➔ Wish/hope expression -(으)ㄹ기

  ➔ The form ""깃들기를"" expresses a wish: ‘may tenderness settle (in us)’.

• 잊지 마 찾아온 사랑과

  ➔ Negative imperative -(지) 마

  ➔ The phrase ""잊지 마"" means ‘don’t forget’.

• 눈 감으면 그를 둘러싼 어둠과

  ➔ Conditional connective -(으)면

  ➔ The ending ""감으면"" forms a condition: ‘if (you) close your eyes’.

• 그 위에 발재간을 부리던 작은 춤

  ➔ Past descriptive -(던)

  ➔ The verb ""부리던"" describes a past action: ‘the dance that used to sway’.