『Learn Korean with Kpop』BTS - A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone
예 신은 왜 자꾸만 우릴 외롭게 할까 OH NO
Why does God keep making us lonely oh no
신 (神): God
왜: why
자꾸만: repeatedly, again and again
우릴 is shortened for 우리를: 우리 – we; 를 is the object particle.
외롭게’s dictionary form is 외롭다: Lonely, solitary, lonesome.
할까 is asking the listener why do you think this is happening.
예 상처투성일지라도 웃을 수 있어 함께라면
Even we’re full of wounds, we can smile if we’re together.
상처: injury, wound.
투성일지라도: 투성 is full of; noun +일지라도is regardless of, although.
웃을 수 있어 – 웃다 (dictionary form): smile, laugh; 을 수 있다 – one can, have the ability to.
홀로 걷는 이 길의 끝에 뭐가 있든 발 디뎌볼래
At the end of this road that you walk on alone, whatever is there, we will take a step.
(T/N: this line is not clear on who’s walking alone, but the previous line mentioned ‘if we’re together’, so I chose ‘you’ and ‘we’. If ‘발 디뎌볼래’ is a question, then it would be ‘will you take a step (with me)?’)
홀로: alone.
걷는’s dictionary form is 걷다: walk, tread.
이: this
길: road, street.
이 길: this road.
의: the possessive particle indicates that one is the owner/ possessor of another object, equivalent to “____’s” in most cases.
끝: end, finish.
에: the position particle is used to locate things in space.
홀로 걷는 이 길의 끝에: 홀로 걷는 is modifying 이 길의 끝에.
뭐: what.
가: subject particle.
뭐가 있든: no matter what’s there.
발: foot.
디뎌볼래: 디디다 (dictionary form) is step, tread.
디뎌볼래: ㄹ래 when used with in the first person tense, it’s used to express the intention/ will of the speaker. When used with another subject, it’s asking for the thoughts and intentions of the listener, asking if they want to/ can do something with you.
때론 지치고 아파도 괜찮아 니 곁이니까
It’s ok even you get tired and hurt at times, because I’m by your side.
때론 is shorted for 때로는: sometimes, at times.
지치: 지치다 (dictionary form) is tired, exhausted.
고: and (is used to connect two clauses/ sentences together).
아파’s dictionary form is 아프다: painful, hurt.
도: even
괜찮아’s dictionary form is 괜찮다: all right, fine.
니 is 네: you
니 곁이니까: because I’m beside you.
너와 나 함께라면 웃을 수 있으니까
Because if you and I, we’re together, we can smile.
너: you.
와: and.
나: I.
함께라면: if (we’re) together – 라면 is usually used with the present and future tenses, not the past tense.
날고 싶어도 내겐 날개가 없지
Even if I want to fly, I have no wings
날 - 날다 (dictionary form): fly.
-고 싶다: want to.
내겐 is shortened for 나에게는: me, to me.
날개: wings.
가: subject particle.
날개가 없지: no wings.
BUT 너의 그 손이 내 날개가 돼
But those hands of yours become my wings.
(T/N: even though there’s no plural particle for 손 (hand), it’s translated as plural ‘hands’ because of ‘wings’.)
어둡고 외로운 것들은 잊어볼래
Let’s try to forget the dark and lonely things.
어둡다: dark, gloomy.
것들은: things, 들 is the plural particle and 은 is the topic particle.
잊어’s dictionary form is 잊다: forget.
이 날개는 아픔에서 돋아났지만 빛을 향한 날개야
Even though the wings sprung/ came from pain, they’re the wings heading towards the light.
돋아났지만: 돋아났(어)’s dictionary form is 돋아나다 – spring, come out.
돋아났지만: -지만 is even though, but. It can be added directly to the stems of verbs, adjectives and 이다.
빛: light.
을: object particle.
향한’s dictionary form is 향하다: heading, towards.
빛을 향한 is modifying 날개야.
힘들고 아프더라도 날아갈 수 있다면 날 테야
Even if it’s tough and painful, I’m going to fly if I can fly.
힘들고 아프더라도: 힘들다 – hard, backbreaking. 아프다 is painful, hurt.
-더라도: even if.
-다면: if.
더는 두렵지 않게 내 손을 잡아줄래
Will you hold my hand, so that I won’t be afraid anymore?
더: more, further
두렵다: afraid, scared.
-지 않다: not (is used to negate the verb or adjective attached to it).
잡아’s dictionary form is 잡다: hold, grasp.
너와 나 함께라면 웃을 수 있으니깐
Because if you and I are together I can smile.
내가 선택한 길이고 모두 다 내가 만들어낸 운명이라 해도
Even if you say that this is the path I chose and that everything is the destiny I created.
선택한’s dictionary form is 선택하다: choose, pick.
모두 다: everything, all of it.
만들어낸’s dictionary form is 만들어내다: produce, make.
운명 (運命): fate, destiny.
-이라: you say.
-이라 해도: even if you say that.
내가 지은 죄이고 이 모든 생이 내가 치러갈 죗값일 뿐이라 해도
Even if you say that this is the crime I committed and that this entire life is just the price that I’ll pay.
죄 (罪): crime, guilt, sin.
지은’s dictionary form is 짓다: make, commit.
모든 생(生): entire life, whole life.
죗값: atonement; 죗값을 치르다 – pay for one’s sin (misdeed/ wrongdoing).
치러갈 죗값일 뿐: placing 뿐 after a noun can create the meaning of “it is only/ it is nothing but (that noun)” - is just the price that I’ll pay.
넌 is shortened for 너는: you; 는 is the topic particle.
걷다: walk.
하늘 끝까지 손 닿을 수 있도록
So that I can reach the end of the sky.
하늘: sky.
-까지: until.
닿을 수 있도록: 닿다 is reach, touch. –도록 is in order to, so that, to the extent that.
이렇게 아파도 너와 나 함께라면 웃을 수 있으니까
Because even if it hurts this much, if you and I are together, I can smile.
이렇게: in this way, like this, this much.
잡은 너의 손 너의 온기가 느껴져
I can feel your/ the warmth of your hand that I’m holding.
온기: warmth, heat.
느껴져’s dictionary form is 느끼지다: feel.
나를 느껴봐 너도 혼자가 아니야
Feel me, you’re not alone either
느껴봐: try to feel.
너도: you too.
혼자: alone.
아니야: not.
이 길이 또 멀고 험할지라도 함께 해주겠니
Will you walk with me even this road will be far and dangerous?
멀다: far, distant.
험하다: dangerous, rough.
-겠니: are you going to, will you.
넘어지고 때론 다칠지라도 함께 해주겠니
Will you walk with me even we’ll fall over and sometimes get hurt?
넘어지다: fall over, trip.
다치다: get hurt.
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