스물다섯, 스물하나 – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: Roy Kim
• Album: 다시 불러 봄 - Bloom Again

Lyrics & Translation

This song is perfect for language learners interested in poetic Korean. Through its evocative lyrics, you can learn common vocabulary related to time, memory, and reflection, while understanding the emotive nuances of the Korean language.

[English]

作词 : 김윤아

作曲 : 김윤아

In the season when flowers fall, blown by the wind

It still feels as if I am holding your hand

Back then, I didn't realize yet

Just how beautiful the flowers truly were, like I do now

Ooh, your scent is carried on the breeze

Ooh, the days I thought would last forever

Twenty-five, twenty-one

The ocean that day was so kind to us

It still feels as if I can reach out and hold you

You and I were there amidst the breaking sunlight

We dreamed dreams so happy they made my heart ache

Ooh, the song of that day is carried on the breeze

Ooh, you and I from the days I thought would last forever

Your voice and the light in your eyes

Even the warmth of your tender touch

The more I try to remember, the further away you drift

I can't hold onto you as you fade away

Ooh, your scent is carried on the breeze

Ooh, twenty-five, twenty-one, which I thought would last forever

Ooh, the song of that day is carried on the breeze

Ooh, you and I from the days I thought would last forever

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, the days I thought would last forever

Twenty-five, twenty-one

Twenty-five, twenty-one

[Korean]

作词 : 김윤아

作曲 : 김윤아

바람에 날려 꽃이 지는 계절엔

아직도 너의 손을 잡은 듯 그런 듯해

그때는 아직 꽃이 아름다운 걸

지금처럼 사무치게 알지 못했어

우 너의 향기가 바람에 실려 오네

우 영원할 줄 알았던

스물다섯 스물하나

그날의 바다는 퍽 다정했었지

아직도 나의 손에 잡힐 듯 그런 듯해

부서지는 햇살 속에 너와 내가 있어

가슴 시리도록 행복한 꿈을 꾸었지

우 그날의 노래가 바람에 실려 오네

우 영원할 줄 알았던 지난날의 너와 나

너의 목소리도 너의 눈동자도

애틋하던 너의 체온마저도

기억해 내면 할수록 멀어져 가는데

흩어지는 널 붙잡을 수 없어

우 너의 향기가 바람에 실려 오네

우 영원할 줄 알았던 스물다섯 스물

우 그날의 노래가 바람에 실려 오네

우 영원할 줄 알았던 지난날의 너와 나

우 우

우 영원할 줄 알았던

스물다섯 스물하나

스물다섯 스물하나

Key Grammar Structures

• 아직도 너의 손을 잡은 듯 그런 듯해

  ➔ -은/는 듯하다 (it seems as if)

  ➔ The ending "-은 듯하다" is used to express that the speaker feels as if something is currently happening or is like a memory.

• 지금처럼 사무치게 알지 못했어

  ➔ -게 (adverbial suffix)

  ➔ The suffix "-게" transforms the adjective "사무치다" (to be deep/heart-piercing) into an adverb to modify the verb "알다".

• 영원할 줄 알았던

  ➔ -을/를 줄 알다/모르다 (thought that... / didn't know that...)

  ➔ "-을 줄 알았다" indicates a previous belief that turned out to be different from reality.

• 그날의 바다는 퍽 다정했었지

  ➔ -었/았었- (pluperfect/recollective past)

  ➔ The double past tense suffix "-었었-" emphasizes that the event occurred in a distant past and is being recalled.

• 기억해 내면 할수록 멀어져 가는데

  ➔ -면 -(으)ㄹ수록 (the more... the more...)

  ➔ The pattern "-면 -(으)ㄹ수록" expresses that the degree of an action or state increases proportionally with another.

• 흩어지는 널 붙잡을 수 없어

  ➔ -을 수 없다 (cannot)

  ➔ "-을 수 없다" is used to express inability or impossibility to perform an action.