English translation and Korean lesson with the lyrics of Butterfly (Prologue Mix) by BTS, from the 2016 album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever.
Produced by: Pdogg
Written by: “Hitman” Bang, Slow Rabbit, Pdogg, Brother Su, RM, SUGA, j-hope
Find it here: Youtube • Spotify • Apple Music • Amazon Music
Verse 1:
아무것도 생각하지 마
Don’t think about anything.
아무것도 = nothing
생각하다 = to think
-지 마 = “Don’t do X” (생각하지 마)
넌 아무 말도 꺼내지도 마
Don’t say anything either.
너 = you
아무 = any, no (as in “there are no people here”, not “the answer is no”)
말 = words
-도 = X too/neither, even X (말도)
꺼내다 = to take out, to bring something up
그냥 내게 웃어줘
Just smile at me.
그냥 = just
내 = I, me, my
-에게 = to X, for X (내게)
웃다 = to smile, to laugh
-어주다 / -아주다 = adds a nuance of “as a favour to” or “for” someone (웃어줘)
난 아직도 믿기지가 않아
I still don’t trust myself.
나 = I, me
아직 = still
믿기다 = to be believed, to be trusted
-지 않다 = to not do X (믿기지 않아)
이 모든 게 다 꿈인 것 같아
It feels like all of this is a dream.
이 = this, these
모든 = every
게 = a thing
다 = all
꿈 = a dream
것 같다 = to feel like X, seem like X (X being the preceding clause)
사라지려 하지마
Don’t disappear.
사라지다 = to disappear, to fade away
-려 하다 = to intend to do X, to be “going to do X”
Pre-Chorus:
Is it true? Is it true?
You You
너무 아름다워 두려워
are so beautiful it scares me.
Untrue Untrue
You You You
너무 = so, too
아름답다 = to be beautiful
두렵다 = to be scared
Chorus:
곁에 머물러줄래
Can you stay by my side?
곁 = one’s side (not the side of their body, but the spot right beside them)
-에 = at X, on X (곁에)
머무르다 = to stay
-ㄹ래 / -을래 = Used to make a soft request. “Would you?” “Could you?” (머물러줄래)
내게 약속해줄래
Can you promise me?
약속하다 = to promise
손 대면 날아갈까 부서질까
If I reach out and touch you will you fly away? Will you shatter?
손 = a hand
대다 = to touch
-면 / -으면 = if/when X (대면)
날아가다 = to fly away (날다 = to fly + 가다 = to go)
-ㄹ까 / -을까 = used to wonder something, sort of to oneself. “I wonder if X will happen?” (날아갈까)
부서지다 = to be broken, smashed
겁나 겁나 겁나
I’m scared. I’m scared. I’m scared.
겁나다 = to be scared
시간을 멈출래
Can you stop time?
시간 = time
멈추다 = to stop
이 순간이 지나면
If this moment passes
순간 = a moment
지나다 = to pass by
없었던 일이 될까 널 잃을까
will it be erased? Will I lose you?
없다 = to not be found, not exist
일 = a thing, a matter (incredibly versatile word)
되다 = to become
잃다 = to lose
겁나 겁나 겁나
I’m scared. I’m scared. I’m scared.
Butterfly, like a butterfly
마치 butterfly, bu butterfly 처럼
Like a butterfly, bu butterfly.
마치 = a word often placed at the beginning of a sentence that will have imagery in it.
-처럼 = like X (butterfly처럼)
Butterfly, like a butterfly
마치 butterfly, bu butterfly 처럼
Like a butterfly, bu butterfly.
Verse 2:
햇살에 조금 찌푸린 니 눈썹에
Your eyebrows, slightly knit against the sunlight,
햇살 = sunlight
조금 = a little, a bit
찌푸리다 = to furrow, to knit (brows)
니 = you, your (alternate spelling of 네)
눈썹 = an eyebrow
보드랍게 흔들리는 니 솜털에
your fine hair, softly fluttering,
보드랍다 = to be soft
-게 = can turn an adjective into an adverb. IE: “soft” becomes “softly” (보드랍게)
흔들리다 = to be waving, fluttering
솜털 = soft baby hairs, like the ones at the nape of one’s neck when their long hair is tied up
니 향기에 취해 맘이 간질거려
your scent – I’m intoxicated by it all. My heart flutters.
향기 = a sent
취하다 = to be drunk, intoxicated
맘 = one’s heart/mind, in the metaphorical, not the anatomical sense (shortened form of 마음)
간절거리다 = to tickle (to say one’s heart tickles or itches is a commonly used expression)
두 볼을 어루만지는 니 품처럼
Like your embrace caressing my cheeks,
두 = two
볼 = a cheek
어루만지다 = to stroke, to caress
품 = one’s embrace
한가로이 표류하는 먼지처럼
like lazily drifting dust,
ㅎ한가로이 = lazily, leisurely
표류하다 = to drift
먼지 = dust
넌 거기 있지만 왠지 닿지 않아.
you’re there, but somehow I can’t reach you.
거기 = there
있다 = to be found, to exist
-지만 = X but (있지만)
왠지 = somehow
Pre-Chorus:
Is it true? Is it true?
You You
너무 아름다워 두려워.
are so beautiful it scares me.
Untrue Untrue
You You You
Chorus:
곁에 머물러줄래
Can you stay by my side?
내게 약속해줄래
Can you promise me?
손 대면 날아갈까 부서질까
If I reach out and touch you will you fly away? Will you shatter?
겁나 겁나 겁나
I’m scared. I’m scared. I’m scared.
시간을 멈출래
Can you stop time?
이 순간이 지나면
If this moment passes
없었던 일이 될까 널 잃을까
will it be erased? Will I lose you?
겁나 겁나 겁나
I’m scared. I’m scared. I’m scared.
Butterfly, like a butterfly,
마치 butterfly, bu butterfly 처럼
Like a butterfly, bu butterfly.
Butterfly, like a butterfly
마치 butterfly, bu butterfly 처럼
Like a butterfly, bu butterfly.
Outro:
아무것도 생각하지 마
Don’t think about anything.
넌 아무 말도 꺼내지도 마
Don’t say anything either.
그냥 내게 웃어줘
Just smile at me.
