4 Flowers – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: MAMAMOO
• Album: 4WARD

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of the Korean language through MAMAMOO's '4 Flowers.' This ballad features clear, emotive pronunciation and poetic metaphors for nature, making it an excellent piece for intermediate learners to practice lyrical phrasing and emotional expression in Korean.

[English]

作词 : Lee Sang Ho(RBW)/玟星/Seo yong bae(sesamiX)/solar

作曲 : Lee Sang Ho(RBW)/Seo yong bae(sesamiX)/solar

When they shine brilliantly

A flower in full bloom will eventually wither

Deeply colored in a single moment

A fleeting goodbye, just like a spring day

Sunburned and deeply etched

World turns blue, I’m the only one in pain?

Trapped within the gaps of a sharp, cutting wound

It continues all along, rough breathing through the night

One for the memories, two for the flame

Three for the silence, four for the shame

In the very place where that season passed by

Flowers bloom, and flowers wither again

After the breakup, we love even more

Even if we scatter, our roots are one

The flower that blooms again after the goodbye

4 Flowers eh eh eh

As petals shed eh eh

4 Flowers eh eh eh

4 Flowers eh eh eh

As petals shed eh eh

4 Flowers eh eh eh

Falling petals

Deeper traces

A flow that will never stop

The way that grew distant ey ey

Only after curling up, I breathe again e e (Lift your head)

So that the end doesn't truly end, oh

You're a flower that fell, scattered in the breeze

I'm the soil beneath, keeping all your memories

Meetings and partings are all the same

But the only thing certain is my decision

One for the memories, two for the flame

Three for the silence, four for the shame

In the very place we have passed through

Flowers bloom, and flowers wither again

After the breakup, we love even more

Even if we scatter, our roots are one

The flower that blooms again after the goodbye

Only for flowers

Here, once again, above that

Only for flowers

Gathering all the drifting memories

Don’t let them slip away

We bring the light inside our hearts

Blooming fresh once again

4 Flowers (I’m still here)

4 Flowers (Burning red)

4 Flowers (Never disappear)

4 Flowers

4 Flowers

4 Flowers

4 Flowers eh eh eh

As petals shed eh eh

4 Flowers eh eh eh

Flowers bloom, and flowers wither again

After the breakup, we love even more

...

[Korean]

作词 : Lee Sang Ho(RBW)/玟星/Seo yong bae(sesamiX)/solar

作曲 : Lee Sang Ho(RBW)/Seo yong bae(sesamiX)/solar

화려하게 빛날 때

활짝 피운 꽃은 지겠지

한순간 깊게 물들어

봄날처럼 스치듯 안녕

그을린 채로 깊게 패인

World turns blue, I’m the only one in pain?

날카롭게 베인 상처 틈에 갇힌 채

내내 계속돼 밤새 거친 호흡

One for the memories, two for the flame

Three for the silence, four for the shame

그 계절이 지나간 그 자리에

꽃은 피고 꽃은 다시 지고

이별 뒤에 우린 더 사랑하고

흩어져도 뿌리는 하난 걸

이별 그 후에 다시 피우는 꽃

4 Flowers eh eh eh

As petals shed eh eh

4 Flowers eh eh eh

4 Flowers eh eh eh

As petals shed eh eh

4 Flowers eh eh eh

Falling petals

Deeper traces

절대 멈추지 않을 Flow

멀어졌던 way ey ey

웅크린 후에야 Breathe again e e (고개를 들어)

끝이 끝나지 않도록 oh

You're a flower that fell, scattered in the breeze

I'm the soil beneath, keeping all your memories

만남 이별 다 똑같지만

확실한 건 오직 내 결정

One for the memories, two for the flame

Three for the silence, four for the shame

우리가 지나온 그 자리에

꽃은 피고 꽃은 다시 지고

이별 뒤에 우린 더 사랑하고

흩어져도 뿌리는 하난 걸

이별 그 후에 다시 피우는 꽃

Only for flowers

여기 다시 그 위로

Only for flowers

흩날리던 기억들 다 모아

Don’t let them slip away

We bring the light inside our hearts

새롭게 다시 피어나

4 Flowers (I’m still here)

4 Flowers (Burning red)

4 Flowers (Never disappear)

4 Flowers

4 Flowers

4 Flowers

4 Flowers eh eh eh

As petals shed eh eh

4 Flowers eh eh eh

꽃은 피고 꽃은 다시 지고

이별 뒤에 우린 더 사랑하고

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
화려하다 hwaryeohada Level 3	adjective - fancy, colorful, splendid
피우다 piuda Level 2	verb - to bloom (flowers)
한순간 hansungan Level 3	noun - a moment, an instant
스치다 seuchida Level 4	verb - to graze, brush against
상처 sangcheo Level 2	noun - wound, scar, hurt
호흡 hoheup Level 3	noun - breathing, respiration
이별 ibyeol Level 2	noun - farewell, breakup
흩어지다 heuteojida Level 4	verb - to scatter, disperse
뿌리 ppuri Level 2	noun - root
웅크리다 ungkeurida Level 5	verb - to crouch, curl up
고개 gogae Level 2	noun - head (often referring to movement)
만남 mannam Level 1	noun - meeting, encounter
똑같다 ttokgatda Level 2	adjective - identical, exactly the same
확실하다 hwaksilhada Level 3	adjective - certain, sure
결정 gyeoljeong Level 3	noun - decision
기억 gieok Level 2	noun - memory
피어나다 pieonada Level 3	verb - to bloom, blossom

Key Grammar Structures

• 활짝 피운 꽃은 지겠지

  ➔ Conjecture (-겠지)

  ➔ The suffix "-겠지" is used to express the speaker's assumption or conjecture about a future event or state.

• 날카롭게 베인 상처 틈에 갇힌 채

  ➔ State maintenance (-ㄴ 채)

  ➔ "-ㄴ 채" indicates that a specific state is maintained while another action occurs.

• 그 계절이 지나간 그 자리에

  ➔ Past tense modifier (-ㄴ)

  ➔ The "-ㄴ" attached to the verb "지나가다" (to pass) functions as a modifier describing the noun "계절" (season) in the past.

• 흩어져도 뿌리는 하난 걸

  ➔ Concessive clause (-아/어도)

  ➔ "-아/어도" is used to mean "even if" or "regardless of," contrasting the scattering with the singular root.

• 웅크린 후에야 Breathe again

  ➔ Temporal condition (-ㄴ 후에야)

  ➔ "-ㄴ 후에야" emphasizes that the action (Breathe again) only occurs after the prerequisite state (crouching) is completed.

• 끝이 끝나지 않도록

  ➔ Purpose / Negation (-도록)

  ➔ "-도록" here is combined with the negative to express the aim of preventing the end from finishing.

• 만남 이별 다 똑같지만

  ➔ Contrast (-지만)

  ➔ "-지만" connects two clauses to contrast the similarity of meetings/partings with the uniqueness of the speaker's decision.

• 흩날리던 기억들 다 모아

  ➔ Past tense adnominal (-던)

  ➔ "-던" indicates a recollection of the past, describing memories that used to be scattered.