멸종위기사랑 – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: 이찬혁
• Album: EROS

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the Korean language through Lee Chanhyuk's 'Endangered Love,' a song that uniquely blends a groovy, retro-funk style with a thoughtful message. The lyrics use poetic and accessible vocabulary to explore the idea of love becoming 'endangered,' making it a special and engaging way to learn words related to emotions and modern life.

[English]

It has truly arrived

That no one believed

The end of love

It's over tonight

God mercy (God mercy on this ground)

Where the hell (where the hell is EROS going)

Did you hear that

You heard that

What does it sound like?

Back in the day

There used to be

One love for each person

By tomorrow

Humanity will lose

Endangered love

Back in the day

There used to be love

That created fire

By tomorrow

Humanity will lose

Endangered love

It has truly arrived

That no one believed

The end of love

It's over tonight

Stop people

Stop letting this world become depraved

Where the hell (where the hell is EROS going)

Did you hear that

You heard that

What does it sound like?

Back in the day

There used to be

One love for each person

By tomorrow

Humanity will lose

Endangered love

Love

News is announcing ’bout its ending

Love

Who’s still gonna sing for the love

People

Revive it somehow

Back in the day

There used to be

One love for each person

By tomorrow

Humanity will lose

Endangered love

Back in the day

There used to be love

That created fire

By tomorrow

Humanity will lose

Endangered love

[Korean]

왔다네 정말로

아무도 안 믿었던

사랑의 종말론

It's over tonight

God mercy (God mercy on this ground)

Where the hell (where the hell is EROS going)

Did you hear that

You heard that

What's it sound

Back in the day

한 사람당 하나의

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

Back in the day

불이 만들어지는

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

왔다네 정말로

아무도 안 믿었던

사랑의 종말론

It's over tonight

Stop people

Stop letting this world depraved

Where the hell (where the hell is EROS going)

Did you hear that

You heard that

What's it sound

Back in the day

한 사람당 하나의

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

사랑

News is announcing ’bout its ending

사랑

Who’s still gonna sing for the love

People

Revive it somehow

Back in the day

한 사람당 하나의

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

Back in the day

불이 만들어지는

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
사랑 /sa.ɾaŋ/ A1	noun - love, affection
종말론 /t͡ɕoŋ.mal.lon/ B2	noun - eschatology, theory of the end, doomsday theory
믿다 /mit̚.t͈a/ A2	verb - to believe, to trust
사람 /sa.ɾam/ A1	noun - person, human, people
하나 /ha.na/ A1	noun - one, a single (thing/unit)
있다 /it̚.t͈a/ A1	verb - to exist, to be (somewhere), to have (when combined with -이/가)
내일 /nɛ.il/ A1	noun - tomorrow
인류 /il.lju/ B1	noun - humanity, humankind
잃어버리다 /i.ɾʌ.bʌ.ɾi.da/ A2	verb - to lose, to misplace, to forfeit
멸종위기 /mjʌl.t͡ɕoŋ.wi.ɡi/ C1	noun - endangered (species/status), crisis of extinction
불 /pul/ A1	noun - fire, light (from fire/lamp)
만들다 /man.dɯl.da/ A1	verb - to make, to create, to produce
오다 /o.da/ A1	verb - to come
아무도 /a.mu.do/ A2	pronoun - no one, nobody (used in negative sentences)
위기 /wi.ɡi/ B1	noun - crisis, danger, emergency
멸종 /mjʌl.t͡ɕoŋ/ B2	noun - extinction (of a species)

Key Grammar Structures

• 왔다네 정말로

  ➔ Exclamatory/Realization Ending -(으)네

  ➔ This ending expresses a sudden realization, discovery, or mild surprise. It's often used in narration or when speaking to oneself. Here, "왔다네" conveys the speaker's realization that something has arrived.

• 아무도 안 믿었던

  ➔ Past Perfective Adnominal Ending V-았던

  ➔ This ending modifies a noun by indicating an action that was completed in the past, and its result or state continued up to a certain point, or is being recollected. "믿었던" describes something that "no one had believed."

• 한 사람당 하나의

  ➔ Noun + 당 (Per/Each)

  ➔ This particle indicates a rate, proportion, or distribution for each unit of the preceding noun. Here, "사람당" means "per person" or "for each person."

• 사랑이 있었대

  ➔ Contracted Indirect Quotation V-았/었대

  ➔ This is a contracted form of "-았/었다고 해/했다," used to report something one heard or that was said by others in the past, often conveying a sense of indirect knowledge or hearsay. "있었대" means "they said there was" or "I heard there was."

• 내일이면

  ➔ Noun + (이)면 (Conditional Clause)

  ➔ This particle expresses a condition or assumption. If the preceding noun represents a condition that is met, the following action or state occurs. Here, "내일이면" means "if it's tomorrow" or "by tomorrow."

• 인류가 잃어버릴

  ➔ Future/Prospective Adnominal Ending V-(으)ㄹ

  ➔ This ending modifies a noun by indicating an action that will happen in the future, or an action that has potential or likelihood. "잃어버릴" describes something that "humanity will lose."

• 불이 만들어지는

  ➔ Passive Voice V-아/어지다 + Present Adnominal Ending -는

  ➔ "V-아/어지다" forms the passive voice, indicating that the subject undergoes an action rather than performing it. "-는" then modifies the following noun, describing the noun that is currently being made. "만들어지는" means "that is being made."

• 사랑의 종말론

  ➔ Genitive Case/Possessive Noun + 의 + Noun (Compound Noun)

  ➔ "의" indicates possession or a relationship between two nouns. Here, it links "사랑" (love) to "종말론" (theory of end/eschatology), forming a compound meaning "the theory of the end of love" or "love's apocalypse theory," creating a specific concept.