눈물참기 – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: QWER

Lyrics & Translation

Learn Korean with QWER's emotive track, "눈물참기" (Dear). The song's clear and heartfelt lyrics about overcoming hardship offer an engaging way to pick up new vocabulary and expressions related to emotions and perseverance. Its pop-rock style makes for an enjoyable and memorable language-learning experience, allowing you to connect with the deeper meaning of the song while you study.

[English]

On a day when rain falls from a clear sky

It's strange how much it resembles my heart

Each drop of rain falling

Seems to fill my heart more and more, making it hard to breathe

(The world) is still scary

(Still) falling down is still so

Difficult, it seems

I don't know how to stop my tears

It's so cold and it hurts so much

All those 'I'm okay' words are lies

Left here where the rain falls

I don't want to cry alone

Please tell me

How to hold back tears

One, two, the sadness that welled up with sighs

Feels like it's about to spill out completely now

(Tell me) that everything will be alright

(Help me) because I'm so afraid

When I can't trust myself, what should I do?

Someone, anyone, please tell me

Falling down is still too difficult, it seems

I don't know how to stop my tears

It's so cold and it hurts so much

All those 'I'm okay' words are lies

Left here where the rain falls

I don't want to cry alone

Please tell me

How to hold back tears

(Once the rain stops falling)

Tomorrow will surely come

(Everyone has their own time - tomorrow will come again)

Even if I don't know how to stop my tears

Even if I keep hating myself like this

I'll stop for a moment, swallow my tears

On top of the words I wrote in my diary

'How are you doing?'

I'll write

'I'll be okay now'

I'll be okay

(You held on well!)

(I'm on your side, even if the whole world is out of tune)

This stop is the last stop, 'Holding Back Tears' station.

Please check if you've forgotten any rhythms

And I hope you have a day full of smiles

Oh, it's not the last stop

The next stop is

[Korean]

맑은 하늘에 비 내리는 날

내 마음과 정말 닮아서 이상하네요

한 방울 한방울씩 떨어지는 비가

점점 맘에 차서 숨 쉬기가 힘들 것 같아요

(세상이) 아직은 무섭고

(여전히) 넘어지는게 아직은 너무

어려운가봐

눈물 멈추는 법을 몰라요

차디차고 너무 아파요

괜찮다는 말은 다 거짓말

비가 내리는 여기 남겨져

혼자 울고 싶지 않아요

알려주세요

눈물을 참는 방법

하나 둘 한숨위로 차오른 슬픔이

이제는 밖으로 다 쏟아져 넘칠 것 같아요

(말해줘) 다 잘될거라고

(도와줘) 겁 많은 나라서

날 믿을 수 없을 땐, 어떡해야 하나요

누구라도 말 해줘요

넘어지는게 아직 너무 어려운가봐

눈물 멈추는 법을 몰라요

차디차고 너무 아파요

괜찮다는 말은 다 거짓말

비가 내리는 여기 남겨져

혼자 울고 싶지 않아요

알려주세요

눈물을 참는 방법

(내리던 비가 그치고나면)

내일이 꼭 올테니까

(각자의 때가 다 있는거지 내일이 또 올거야)

눈물 멈추는 법을 몰라도

이런 내가 자꾸 미워도

잠시 멈춰 눈물을 삼키고

일기장 속에 적어 놓았던

‘잘 지내나요?’ 란 말 위에

적어봐요

‘이젠 잘 지낼게요’

잘 지낼게요

(잘 버텼다!)

(난 네편이야, 온 세상이 불협일지라도)

이번 정류장은 '눈물참기'역 종점입니다

잊으신 리듬이 없는지 확인하시고

웃는 하루 되시길 바랍니다

아, 종점이 아니네요

다음 정류장은

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
눈물 nun-mul A1	noun - tears
참다 cham-da B1	verb - to endure, to hold back, to suppress, to tolerate
비 bi A1	noun - rain
내리다 nae-ri-da A2	verb - to fall (rain, snow), to descend, to get off (a vehicle)
마음 ma-eum A2	noun - heart, mind, feeling, spirit
아프다 a-peu-da A1	adjective - to hurt, to be sick, to be painful
슬픔 seul-peum B1	noun - sadness, sorrow, grief
숨쉬다 sum-swi-da A2	verb - to breathe
넘어지다 neo-meo-ji-da A2	verb - to fall down, to stumble, to collapse
거짓말 geo-jit-mal A2	noun - lie, falsehood, untruth
혼자 hon-ja A1	noun - alone, by oneself
알리다 al-li-da B1	verb - to inform, to let know, to notify
힘들다 him-deul-da A2	adjective - to be difficult, to be hard, to be tough
세상 se-sang A2	noun - world, society, life
무섭다 mu-seop-da A2	adjective - to be scary, to be afraid, to be frightening
멈추다 meom-chu-da A2	verb - to stop, to cease
삼키다 sam-ki-da B1	verb - to swallow, to gulp down; (metaphorical) to suppress (emotions)
지내다 ji-nae-da B1	verb - to get along, to spend (time), to live
정류장 jeong-ryu-jang B1	noun - bus stop
종점 jong-jeom B2	noun - terminus, final stop, last station

Key Grammar Structures

• 내 마음과 정말 닮아서 이상하네요

  ➔ -아서/어서 (cause/reason) and -네요 (exclamation/realization)

  ➔ "닮아서" uses "-아서/어서" to indicate the reason ("because it resembles..."), and "이상하네요" uses "-네요" to express a realization or exclamation ("it's strange!").

• 숨 쉬기가 힘들 것 같아요

  ➔ -기가 힘들다 (difficult to do) and -(으)ㄹ 것 같다 (seems like/looks like)

  ➔ "숨 쉬기가" uses "-기" to nominalize the verb "숨 쉬다" (to breathe) into "breathing," which is then combined with "힘들다" (to be difficult). "것 같아요" indicates conjecture ("it seems like").

• 넘어지는게 아직은 너무 어려운가봐

  ➔ -는 게 (nominalization) and -(으)ㄴ/는가 보다 (inference/seems like)

  ➔ "넘어지는게" (short for 넘어지는 것이) uses "-는 것" to turn the action "넘어지다" (to fall) into a noun phrase "the act of falling." "어려운가봐" uses "-(으)ㄴ/는가 보다" to express an inference or assumption ("it seems like it's difficult").

• 눈물 멈추는 법을 몰라요

  ➔ -는 법 (way/method of doing something)

  ➔ "-는 법" is attached to a verb stem to express "the way/method of doing [verb]." Here, "멈추는 법" means "the way to stop."

• 괜찮다는 말은 다 거짓말

  ➔ -다는 말 (indirect quotation of a statement)

  ➔ "-다는 말" is used to quote a statement indirectly, meaning "the words/statement that [verb/adjective]-s." Here, "괜찮다는 말" means "the words 'it's okay'."

• 비가 내리는 여기 남겨져

  ➔ -아/어지다 (passive voice)

  ➔ "-아/어지다" is added to a verb stem to form the passive voice, indicating that the subject is acted upon. Here, "남겨져" (from 남기다, to leave) means "to be left." "내리는" is a present descriptive verb, "raining."

• 날 믿을 수 없을 땐, 어떡해야 하나요

  ➔ -(으)ㄹ 수 없다 (cannot do) and -ㄹ 때 (when) and -아야/어야 하다 (should/must)

  ➔ "믿을 수 없을" combines "-(으)ㄹ 수 없다" (cannot believe) with "-ㄹ 때" (when). "어떡해야 하나요" uses "-아야/어야 하다" to express obligation or necessity ("what should I do?").

• 내일이 꼭 올테니까

  ➔ -(으)ㄹ 테니까 (reason based on speaker's intention, assumption, or certainty)

  ➔ "올테니까" combines the future tense marker "-(으)ㄹ" with "-테니까," which indicates a reason based on the speaker's strong assumption, intention, or certainty that something will happen. It implies "because tomorrow will surely come."

• 일기장 속에 적어 놓았던 ‘잘 지내나요?’ 란 말 위에

  ➔ -아/어 놓다 (doing something and leaving it in that state) and -았던 (past descriptive modifier) and -란 말 (short for ~이라는 말)

  ➔ "적어 놓았던" combines "-아/어 놓다" (to write and leave it there) with "-았던" (a modifier indicating a past action/state that has continued or whose result remains). "-란 말" is a shortened form of "-(이)라는 말" (the words/statement that...).