지나왔던 추억이 사랑이 되고 – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: 이무진 (LEE MU JIN)
• Album: 마지막 썸머 (Last Summer) OST

Lyrics & Translation

To learn Korean through music, dive into Lee Mu Jin’s '지나왔던 추억이 사랑이 되고' (Remember). This ballad offers an excellent chance to practice connecting complex emotions—like sincere love and emotional nostalgia—with poetic and flowing Korean sentence structures, especially in expressing the concept of 'memories becoming love.' The song's clear, sincere vocal delivery and common ballad phrases make the lyrics particularly accessible for language learners.

[English]

The words I couldn't say,

I'm going to approach you now.

Even if everything in the world changes,

I won't.

Just come to me.

The times that have piled up,

become memories.

What's changed in our everyday life is,

that you're here.

The memories that we've gone through,

become love.

Your name that I've called out thousands of times,

it makes me tremble.

Even if my words to you are clumsy,

I confess that I cherished you and that it was love.

I confess it.

It seems really difficult,

in front of the word "love".

Everything in the world feels like a gift,

that was made for me.

I want to share it with you.

Even if we face difficult moments,

sometimes,

if we're together,

I'm not afraid of anything.

The memories that we've gone through,

become love.

Your name that I've called out thousands of times,

it makes me tremble.

Even if my words to you are clumsy,

I confess that I cherished you and that it was love.

I confess it.

When you smile, that's my happiness.

The days and nights without you,

are unhappiness to me.

Looking at the memories,

filled in the drawer,

there's nothing I want to throw away, just,

happiness.

Even though we lack, we'll fill each other.

Thank you for being happy today too.

Thank you.

[Korean]

난 할 수 없던 그 말

나 다가갈 거예요

세상 모든 것이 변해도

변하지 않을 테니

그대만 다가와 줘요

겹겹이 쌓였던 시간들이

추억이 되고

쌓여가는 일상에 달라진 건

그대가 있죠

지나왔던 추억이

사랑이 되고

수천 번 불러봤던 그대의

떨려오는 이름

서툴지라도 그댈 향한 말들이

너무 아끼고 사랑이었음을

고백해요

참 어려운 것 같아요

사랑 그 단어 앞에서

세상 모든 것이 날 위해

만들어 준 선물 같아

그대와 나누고 싶어요

가끔은 어려운 순간들을

마주한대도

함께 있어 준다면

그 무엇도 두렵지 않죠

지나왔던 추억이

사랑이 되고

수천 번 불러봤던 그대의

떨려오는 이름

서툴지라도 그댈 향한 말들이

너무 아끼고 사랑이었음을

고백해요

그대가 웃으면 그게 행복인 거죠

그대 없는 낮과 밤이

내겐 불행한 거죠

서랍 속에 채워진

추억을 보고

버릴 것 하나 없던 시간의

행복하기만 하죠

부족한대도 서로 채워나가요

오늘 하루도 행복했었음에

고마워요

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
지나오다 jin-a-o-da TOPIK Level 3	verb - to pass through, to experience
추억 chu-eok TOPIK Level 2	noun - memory, recollection
사랑 sa-rang TOPIK Level 1	noun - love, affection
떨려오다 ddeol-lyeo-o-da TOPIK Level 4	verb - to come with a flutter, to approach nervously
서툴다 seo-tool-da TOPIK Level 3	adjective - inexperienced, awkward
아끼다 a-kki-da TOPIK Level 2	verb - to cherish, to save
고백하다 go-baek-ha-da TOPIK Level 3	verb - to confess, to admit
어렵다 eo-ryeop-da TOPIK Level 2	adjective - difficult, hard
나누다 na-nu-da TOPIK Level 2	verb - to share, to divide
마주하다 ma-ju-ha-da TOPIK Level 3	verb - to face, to encounter
두렵다 du-ryeop-da TOPIK Level 2	adjective - fearful, scared
행복 haeng-bok TOPIK Level 1	noun - happiness, joy
채우다 chae-u-da TOPIK Level 2	verb - to fill, to complete
고마워요 go-ma-wo-yo TOPIK Level 1	expression - thank you

Key Grammar Structures

• 난 할 수 없던 그 말

  ➔ Past tense with modifying clause

  ➔ The sentence uses the past tense '할 수 없던' (couldn't) to describe a past inability to say something. '그 말' (that word/thing) is modified by '할 수 없던', indicating the reason why the speaker couldn't say it.

• 세상 모든 것이 변해도 변하지 않을 테니

  ➔ Conditional clause with future tense and '-테니'

  ➔ This sentence uses a conditional structure. '세상 모든 것이 변해도' (even if everything in the world changes) is the conditional clause. '변하지 않을 테니' (I won't change) is the result clause, using the future tense and '-테니' which implies a reason or justification for the promise.

• 겹겹이 쌓였던 시간들이 추억이 되고

  ➔ Past participle clause as subject, becoming + noun

  ➔ The phrase '겹겹이 쌓였던 시간들이' (layers of accumulated time) functions as the subject of the sentence. '겹겹이 쌓였던' is a past participle clause modifying '시간들이'. The verb '되고' (becoming) indicates the transformation of those accumulated times *into* memories.

• 수천 번 불러봤던 그대의 떨려오는 이름

  ➔ Past experience with noun modifier

  ➔ The phrase '수천 번 불러봤던' (called thousands of times) describes a past experience of repeatedly calling someone's name. '그대의 떨려오는 이름' (your trembling name) is the object being called, with '떨려오는' describing the feeling associated with the name.