Not Spring, Love, or Cherry Blossoms

• By: HIGH4, IU

Lyrics:

[한국어]

[English]

길었던 겨우내 줄곧 품이 좀 남는 밤색 코트

Wearing a long winter coat in a dark brown shade that still fits loosely on cold nights

그 속에 나를 쏙 감추고 걸음을 재촉해 걸었어

Hiding myself inside and quickening my steps, I kept walking

그런데 사람들 말이 너만 아직도 왜 그러니

But people keep saying, why are you still like this?

그제서야 둘러보니 어느새 봄이

Then I looked around, and suddenly it's spring

손잡고 걸을 사람

Someone to walk hand in hand with

하나 없는 내게 달콤한 봄바람이 너무해

But for me, who has no one, the sweet spring breeze feels so unfair

나만 빼고 다 사랑에 빠져 봄노래를 부르고

Everyone else is falling in love and singing spring songs except me

꽃잎이 피어나 눈 앞에 살랑거려도

Even when the petals bloom and sway in front of my eyes

난 다른 얘기가 듣고 싶어

I just want to hear something else

한바탕 휩쓸고 지나가 버릴

Something that will blow right past like a whirlwind

오오 봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Oh, spring love, cherry blossoms—no

봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Spring love, cherry blossoms—no

봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Spring love, cherry blossoms—no

봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Spring love, cherry blossoms—no

손에 닿지도 않을 말로 날 꿈틀거리게 하지 말어

Don’t make me trembling with words I’ll never reach

맘 먹고 밖에 나가도 막상 뭐 별거 있나

Even if I decide to go outside, is there really anything special?

손 잡고 걸을 사람 하나 없는 내게

For me, who's all alone without anyone to hold hands with

오 사랑 노래들이 너무해

Oh, the love songs are so overwhelming

나만 빼고 다 사랑에 빠져 봄노래를 부르고

Everyone else is falling in love and singing spring songs except me

꽃잎이 피어나 눈 앞에 살랑거려도

Even when the petals bloom and sway in front of my eyes

난 다른 얘기가 듣고 싶어

I just want to hear something else

한바탕 휩쓸고 지나가 버릴

Something that will blow right past like a whirlwind

오오 봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Oh, spring love, cherry blossoms—no

남들보다 절실한 사랑노래 가사를 불러봐

Sing the lyrics of love more desperately than others

수많은 연인들 가운데 왜 나는 혼자만

Among countless lovers, why am I the only one

똑같은 거리와 어제와 같은 옷차림

Dressed the same as yesterday in the same streets

난 제자린데 왜 세상은 변한 것만 같지

I'm just a student, so why does the world seem to only change?

누군가와 봄길을 거닐고

Walking down the spring path with someone

할 필욘 없지만 누구나 한번쯤은 머물고

Even if there's no need, everyone wants to stay once in a while

싶은 그런 기억을 만들고 싶어 떨어지는 벚꽃잎도

Creating memories like that, just like falling cherry blossoms

엔딩이 아닌 봄의 시작이듯

As the start of spring, not an ending

사실은 요즘 옛날 생각이나

Actually, these days I think about the old times

걷기만 해도 그리워지니까

Just walking makes me miss them more

다시 느낄 수 있나 궁금해지지만

I'm curious if I can feel it again

Then you know what

Then you know what

나만 빼고 다 사랑에 빠져 봄노래를 부르고

Everyone else is falling in love and singing spring songs except me

꽃잎이 피어나 눈 앞에 살랑거려도

Even when the petals bloom and sway in front of my eyes

난 다른 얘기가 듣고 싶어

I just want to hear something else

한바탕 휩쓸고 지나가 버릴

Something that will blow right past like a whirlwind

오오 봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Oh, spring love, cherry blossoms—no

봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Spring love, cherry blossoms—no

봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Spring love, cherry blossoms—no

봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Spring love, cherry blossoms—no

봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고

Spring love, cherry blossoms—no

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Grammar:

• 그 속에 나를 쏙 감추고 걸음을 재촉해

  ➔ Using the verb ending '-고' to indicate doing two actions sequentially or simultaneously.

  ➔ The ending '-고' links two verbs, showing that the actions are connected or happen together.

• 손잡고 걸을 사람 하나 없는 내게

  ➔ Using '-고' with '손잡다' (to hold hands) to describe doing an action together.

  ➔ '-고' connects the verbs to show the action is done with someone or as a sequence.

• 그제서야 둘러보니 어느새 봄이

  ➔ Using '그제서야' to indicate 'only then' or 'at that very moment'.

  ➔ '그제서야' emphasizes realization or awareness happening only at a specific moment.

• 난 제자린데 왜 세상은 변한 것만 같지

  ➔ Using '-은' as a simple present tense or descriptive suffix for '세상은 변한 것만 같지' (the world seems changed).

  ➔ '-은' functions as a present tense or descriptive suffix to indicate a state or appearance.

• 떨어지는 벚꽃잎도 엔딩이 아닌 봄의 시작이듯

  ➔ Using '이듯' to express 'as if' or 'like', making a comparison.

  ➔ '이듯' indicates that the following clause is a comparison, similar to 'as if' or 'like'.

• 사실은 요즘 옛날 생각이나 걷기만 해도 그리워지니까

  ➔ Using '나' after '옛날 생각이' to indicate 'thinking of the past' as a subject.

  ➔ '나' functions as the subject pronoun indicating the person who is doing the thinking.