English translation and Korean lesson with the lyrics of Love Is Not Over (Full Length Edition) by BTS, from the 2016 album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever.
Produced by: Jung Kook, Slow Rabbit
Written by: Jung Kook, Slow Rabbit, Pdogg, Jin, RM, SUGA, j-hope
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Verse 1:
That long night just seems to flow along behind you.
그 = that, those
길다 = to be long
밤 = a night
너 = you
따라다 = to follow
흐르다 = to flow
-만 = just X, only X (흘러만)
가다 = to go
것 같다 = to feel like/seem like X (X being the preceding clause)
이 시간이 널 따라 흐려지는 것 같아
This time seems to fade away after you.
이 = this, these
시간 = time, hours
흐려지다 = to become murky, to fade away
왜 멀어져가 왜 닿지 않을 만큼 가서
Why are you drifting away? Why have you gone out of reach?
왜 = why
멀어지다 = to drift apart, to become distant
닿다 = to touch, to reach
-지 않다 = to not do X (닿지 않을)
만큼 = to the extent of X, as much as X (X being the preceding noun/clause)
Tell me why 멀어져가 why
Tell me why you’re drifting away. Why?
니 눈엔 더 이상 내가 보이지 않니 Uh
Am I no longer visible in your eyes? Uh
니 = you, your (alternate spelling of 네)
눈 = an eye
-에 = at X, on X (눈에)
더 이상 = no longer, not anymore
내 = I, me, my
보이다 = to be seen, to be visible
Chorus:
사랑이란 아프고 아픈 것 yeah
Love is pain upon pain, yeah.
사랑 = love
-이란 = to be called X (사랑이란)
아프다 = to hurt, to be in pain
-고 = X and (아프고)
것 = a thing
이별이란 아프고 더 아픈 것 같애
It feels like parting is pain and more pain.
이별 = parting, farewell
더 = more
니가 없으면 나 안될 것 같아
I don’t think I’ll make it without you.
없다 = to not be found, not exist
-으면 / -면 = if/when X (없으면)
나 = I, me
안 = to not do/be X (X being the accompanying verb/adjective)
되다 = to become
안 되다 = to not work, not be okay
사랑해줘 사랑해줘
Please love me. Please love me.
사랑하다 = to love
-아주다 / -어주다 = adds a nuance of “for” or “as a favour to” someone
다시 내 품으로 와줘
Please come back to my arms again.
다시 = again
품 = one’s embrace
-으로 / -로 = to X, toward X (품으로)
오다 = to come
사랑이란 아프고 아픈 것 yeah
Love is pain upon pain, yeah.
이별이란 아프고 더 아픈 것 같애
It feels like parting is pain and more pain.
니가 없으면 나 안될 것 같아
I don’t think I’ll make it without you.
사랑해줘 사랑해줘
Please love me. Please love me.
다시 내 품으로 와줘
Please come back to my arms again.
Verse 2:
넌 내게 안녕이라 말했지
You said goodbye to me.
-에게 = to X, for X (내게)
안녕 = hello/goodbye
말하다 = to say, to speak
-지 = adds a nuance of “you know” or “right?” (말했지)
매번 잠들 때마다
Every time I fell asleep
매번 = every time
잠들다 = to fall asleep
때 = a point in time
-마다 = every X, every occurrence of X (때마다)
난 그게 죽기보다 더 싫었어
I would rather die than that,
죽다 = to die
-기 = can turn a ver into a noun. IE: “to die” becomes “death” (죽기)
-보다 = compared to X, more than X (죽기보다)
싫다 = to dislike, to hate
이 밤이 괜히 너와 내 끝인 것 같아서
because it feels like for no reason tonight is the end of you and me.
괜히 = to no avail, in vain
-와 / -과 = “and” when followed by an accompanying noun. Otherwise “with”. (너와)
끝 = the end of something
-아서 / -어서 = because X (같아서)
I don’t know you, you didn’t know me
헤어짐의 원인은 꽤나 심플했지
The cause of our parting was pretty simple.
헤어짐 = a parting, a break-up
-의 = indicates possession, like ‘s in English (헤어짐의)
원인 = a cause
꽤나 = pretty, fairly
이제 내가 그 말을 말해
Now I say those words.
이제 = now
말 = words, speech
넌 ‘안녕’처럼 내 시작과 끝에
Just like ‘annyeong”, you are at my beginning and end.
(The word 안녕 is both a meeting and a parting greeting. It means both hello and goodbye.)
-처럼 = like X (‘안녕’처럼)
시작 = a beginning, a start
그 곳에
In that place
곳 = a place
모든 게 멈췄지 우린 적신호인 듯, stop
everything came to a stop, as though we’re a red light, stop.
모든 = every
멈추다 = to stop, to come to a stop
우리 = we, us, our
적신호 = a red light, a warning light
듯 = as if X, as though X (X being the preceding clause)
할 말은 끝났지 눈물과 놓이는, dot
There came an end to the things we had to say. With our tears we made a dot.
(The dot here refers to a period. There is a Korean expression that sort of translates to “putting a period at the end of X” and it means to bring something to a close, to put an end to something.)
하다 = to do
끝나다 = to end
눈물 = tears
놓이다 = to put down, to place
I’m not okay 이 부정을 반복해
I’m not okay. I’m repeatedly in denial.
부정 = denial
반복하다 = to repeat something
내 맘을 읊을 수 있다면 낭독해.
If I could read out my mind, I’d recite it.
맘 = one’s heart/mind. In the metaphorical sense, not the anatomical. (shortened form of 마음)
읊다 = to recite
-ㄹ 수 있다 / -을 수 있다 = to be able to do X (읊을 수 있다면)
-다면 = if X (있다면)
낭독하다 = to recite
이건 발악이자 바람인 걸
This is a struggle and a wish.
발악 = a struggle, a desperate attempt
-이자 = “and” sort of. Used to mean that something is two things at once. (발악이자)
바람 = a wish
끝없는 내 사랑이자 사람인 걸.
You’re my endless love and my person.
끝없다 = to be endless
사람 = a person
넌
You.
Chorus:
사랑이란 아프고 아픈 것 yeah
Love is pain upon pain, yeah.
이별이란 아프고 더 아픈 것 같애
It feels like parting is pain and more pain.
니가 없으면 나 안될 것 같아
I don’t think I’ll make it without you.
사랑해줘 사랑해줘
Please love me. Please love me.
다시 내 품으로 와줘
Please come back to my arms again.
Verse 3:
항상 니 앞에서는 웃지
I always smile in front of you.
항상 = always
앞 = the front of something
-에서 = in X, inside X (앞에서)
웃다 = to smile, to laugh
사랑이 내게는 비극이라도
Even though to me love is a tragedy.
비극 = a tragedy
꼭 끝난 뒤에 울지
I only cry after it ends.
꼭 = without fail, certainly
뒤 = behind/after something
울다 = to cry
이별, 너에게는 희극이라도
Goodbye, even if it’s a comedy to you.
희극 = a comedy
그래 영원한 건 하나 없지
Yeah, nothing lasts forever.
그래 = yeah, okay, sure
영원하다 = to last forever, to remain unchanged
하나 = one
죽을 것 같아도 살아 너 없이
Even though I feel like I’m going to die, I survive without you.
-아도 / -어도 = even if X, even though X (같아도)
살다 = to live
없이 = without
(영원하길 girl)
(If only it could last forever, girl)
-길 = “If only X…”, “I wish X…”
Over, over, love is not over
이 끝이 없는 미로 속에서 어서 날 꺼내줘
Please hurry and get me out of this endless maze.
미로 = a maze
속 = the inside of something
어서 = “hurry”, “quickly”
꺼내다 = to take out (from somewhere)
Chorus:
사랑이란 아프고 아픈 것 yeah
Love is pain upon pain, yeah.
이별이란 아프고 더 아픈 것 같애
It feels like parting is pain and more pain.
니가 없으면 나 안될 것 같아
I don’t think I’ll make it without you.
사랑해줘 사랑해줘
Please love me. Please love me.
다시 내 품으로 와줘
Please come back to my arms again.
사랑이란 아프고 아픈 것 yeah
Love is pain upon pain, yeah.
이별이란 아프고 더 아픈 것 같애
It feels like parting is pain and more pain.
니가 없으면 나 안될 것 같아
I don’t think I’ll make it without you.
사랑해줘 사랑해줘
Please love me. Please love me.
다시 내 품으로 와줘
Please come back to my arms again.
Love is not over, over, over
Love is not over, over, over
Love is not over, over, over
Love is not over, over, over
