나팔바지 – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: PSY

Lyrics & Translation

This song is a fantastic way to learn colloquial Korean, as it features rhythmic, repetitive phrases and energetic slang. By studying 'Napal Baji,' you can master body-related vocabulary and gain insight into how 70s retro culture is expressed in modern Korean pop language.

[English]

Liven it up, oh my, someone save me

Let's give it up

live it up baby

Bell-bottoms

My pants are bell-bottoms

No matter how the world judges me

I just live my life as I am

Wearing my bell-bottoms

Standing with my weight on one leg

Shaking one leg

Walking with a swagger

I might not be cool, but sometimes I am

I'm a funny guy, but I'm not a joke

I'm not losing it

Because I was already gone from the start

I'm thick-skinned, but my wallet is thick too

My shoes are shining

My girl is sharp and chic

My shoulders are squared up

My pants are bell-bottoms

My pants are bell-bottoms

Bell-bottoms, eheura-diya

Flare, flare, flare

Bell-bottoms, eheura-diya

Flare, flare, flare

Run all night long, nobody can stop me

Everybody, it's a party for the rebels

Liven it up, oh my, someone save me

Let's give it up

live it up baby

Bell-bottoms

Trying too hard won't make you something you're not

Throw your worries to the neighbor's dog

Gather all your energy

Pass a drink around like a wave

When you're excited, shake your hips

would u shut up and let it go

It's not wrong, it's just different

Don't judge me, just feel it

Saying it's wrong just because it's different

That's what I'm telling you not to do

Hey man, stop it

It makes the guy listening feel bad, man

My shoes are shining

My girl is sharp and chic

My shoulders are squared up

My pants are bell-bottoms

My pants are bell-bottoms

Bell-bottoms, eheura-diya

Flare, flare, flare

Bell-bottoms, eheura-diya

Flare, flare, flare

Run all night long, nobody can stop me

Everybody, it's a party for the rebels

Liven it up, oh my, someone save me

Let's give it up

live it up baby

Bell-bottoms

Bell-bottoms

Young and wild, all or nothing, out of all the choices

It's either a hit or a miss, let's go

Young and wild, all or nothing, out of all the choices

It's either a hit or a miss, let's go

Out of all the choices

It's either a hit or a miss, let's go

My pants are bell-bottoms

Bell-bottoms, eheura-diya

Flare, flare, flare

Bell-bottoms, eheura-diya

Flare, flare, flare

Run all night long, nobody can stop me

Everybody, it's a party for the rebels

Liven it up, oh my, someone save me

Let's give it up

live it up baby

Bell-bottoms

[Korean]

분위기 살려 어머 사람 살려

Let's give it up

live it up baby

나팔바지

내 바지는 나팔바지

세상이 나를 뭐라 판단해도

그냥 사는 거야 생긴 대로

나팔바지를 입고서

짝다리를 짚고서

한쪽 다리를 떨면서

건들건들 거리면서

멋있진 않지만 가끔 멋지지 나

웃긴 놈이지만 우습진 않지 나

맛이 안 가지

나 원래 맛 간 놈이니까

얼굴 두껍지만 지갑도 두껍지 나

내 신발은 광이 나지

내 여자는 쌈빡하지

내 어깨 뽕 들어가지

내 바지는 나팔바지

내 바지는 나팔바지

나팔바지 에헤라디야

나팔나팔나팔

나팔바지 에헤라디야

나팔나팔나팔

밤새고 달려 아무도 못 말려

everybody 날라리들의 파티

분위기 살려 어머 사람 살려

Let's give it up

live it up baby

나팔바지

애쓴다고 안될 게 되지 않아

걱정은 옆집 개나 줘버려

에너지 모아 모아서

파도 한잔 돌리고

신나면 허리 돌리고

would u shut up and let it go

틀린 게 아니야 다른 것뿐이야

판단을 하지마 그냥 느끼라니까

다르다고 틀리다고

하지말란 말씀이야

인마 인마 하지마

듣는 인마 기분 나빠 인마

내 신발은 광이 나지

내 여자는 쌈빡하지

내 어깨 뽕 들어가지

내 바지는 나팔바지

내 바지는 나팔바지

나팔바지 에헤라디야

나팔나팔나팔

나팔바지 에헤라디야

나팔나팔나팔

밤새고 달려 아무도 못 말려

everybody 날라리들의 파티

분위기 살려 어머 사람 살려

Let's give it up

live it up baby

나팔바지

나팔바지

이팔청춘 이판사판 도개걸윷모 중에

모 아니면 도 Let's go

이팔청춘 이판사판 도개걸윷모 중에

모 아니면 도 Let's go

도개걸윷모 중에

모 아니면 도 Let's go

내 바지는 나팔바지

나팔바지 에헤라디야

나팔나팔나팔

나팔바지 에헤라디야

나팔나팔나팔

밤새고 달려 아무도 못 말려

everybody 날라리들의 파티

분위기 살려 어머 사람 살려

Let's give it up

live it up baby

나팔바지

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
나팔바지 napalbaji Level 2	noun - Bell-bottoms
분위기 bunwigi Level 2	noun - Atmosphere, mood
판단 pandan Level 3	noun/verb - Judgment
건들건들 geondeul-geondeul Level 5	adverb/adjective - Swaggering, unsteady
우습다 useupda Level 2	adjective - Funny, ridiculous
어깨 eokkae Level 1	noun - Shoulder
쌈빡하다 ssambakkada Level 6	adjective - Smart, cool, neat
날라리 nallari Level 6	noun - Playboy, delinquent
걱정 geokjeong Level 2	noun - Worry
에너지 eneoji Level 2	noun - Energy
파도 pado Level 3	noun - Wave
허리 heori Level 1	noun - Waist
기분 gibun Level 1	noun - Feeling, mood
이팔청춘 ipalcheongchun Level 6	noun - Youth (around 16 years old)
이판사판 ipansapan Level 6	noun - Last resort, no-win situation

Key Grammar Structures

• 세상이 나를 뭐라 판단해도 그냥 사는 거야

  ➔ -아/어도

  ➔ The ending "-아/어도" indicates concession, meaning "even if" or "regardless of". Here, it means "no matter what the world judges me as".

• 멋있진 않지만 가끔 멋지지 나

  ➔ -지(만)

  ➔ The negative "-지 않다" is used for negation. In colloquial speech, it is often contracted to "-진 않다". It means "It is not that (something) is..."

• 나 원래 맛 간 놈이니까

  ➔ -(이)니까

  ➔ The particle "-(이)니까" indicates a reason or cause for a subsequent statement. It is used here to explain "because I am originally a crazy guy".

• 틀린 게 아니야 다른 것뿐이야

  ➔ -뿐이다

  ➔ The structure "-을 뿐이다" means "only" or "nothing more than". It emphasizes that the situation is "just different, not wrong".

• 판단을 하지마 그냥 느끼라니까

  ➔ -(으)라니까

  ➔ The ending "-(으)라니까" is used to repeat a command or suggestion with a sense of insistence. It means "I'm telling you to..."

• 듣는 인마 기분 나빠 인마

  ➔ -(으)ㄴ (modifier)

  ➔ The modifier "-(으)ㄴ" is attached to verbs to modify a noun. "듣는 인마" means "the person who is listening".

• 다르다고 틀리다고 하지말란 말씀이야

  ➔ -다고 하다

  ➔ This is an indirect quotation marker. "-다고" is used to quote speech. Here it means "do not say that it is different or wrong".

• 모 아니면 도

  ➔ -아/어 아니면

  ➔ The conjunction "아니면" means "or". It is used to present two mutually exclusive choices or possibilities.