A Korean hip-hop artist finds a strange peace in the first quiet morning of January.
A Korean hip-hop artist finds a strange peace in the first quiet morning of January.
It's a lyric about the vanity of self-sufficiency.
He builds this case for solitude being enough, even noble, but the structure keeps collapsing into that single absence.
A Korean hip-hop artist finds a strange peace in the first quiet morning of January.
nega eobseul ppun
It's a lyric about the vanity of self-sufficiency. He builds this case for solitude being enough, even noble, but the structure keeps collapsing into that single absence. The English interjection 'It's too new for me, starting off the year alone' feels less like a translation and more like a raw admission the Korean verses are circling.
The phrase 'Neukkimi joha', 'The feeling is good', gets repeated like a mantra he's trying to believe. He lists the quiet sea, the discarded New Year's wishes, the memories he once hid from, saying he has it all now. But the pressure is in that one line, 'nega eobseul ppun', 'just that you're not here', which undercuts everything.
That's the whole song right there. All the quiet acceptance he's listing just comes down to this one fact he can't decorate.
The way 'happy new year' gets written in English and then buried in the Korean text, 'bogsa hagi, butyeo neohgi', like he's tossing the greeting aside.
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Sijagi joha
Joyonghan badat gae hollo wa
Saehae somangdo bireosseo
Handongan nal goerob hideon
Jidoghan gamgido da na asseo
Neukkimi joha…
Neukkimi joha,
Jagnyeon imam ttaeboda hwolssin deo
Ttag han gaji, nega eobseul ppun
Geuge seulpeul ppun
Geugeot ppun
‘happy new year’ bogsa hagi, butyeo neohgi
Ssoda jigetji, il nyeone seoneo beonssig
Bolkka malkkahan jiin deurui danche munja
Yosae neun jal ilg jido anhne geunyang
Bi haenggi modeuro haenwa.
Joyonghi itgopa
Tteodeul sseoghan pati bunwigi boda
Ireon geol wonhaesseo. ama
Nae chinhan chingu deureun
Sugt wiwa ssaugo itgetji.
Tto nugu neun
Sojunghan nugun gawa
Achim haet sareul maji hagetji.
Must be nice huh
Joyonghan gyeoul bada nan ige joha
Geuraeseo honja yeogi wa isseo
Sijagi joha
Joyonghan badat gae hollo wa
Saehae somangdo bireosseo
Handongan nal goerob hideon
Jidoghan gamgido da na asseo
Neukkimi joha…
Neukkimi joha,
Jagnyeon imam ttaeboda hwolssin deo
Ttag han gaji, nega eobseul ppun
Geuge seulpeul ppun
Geugeot ppun
Saenggag boda chub jineun anha,
Gwaenchanha saenggag boda gamanhi anja
Millyeo watda nagatda
Haneun padoreul bara boneun geo
Uul hajimaneun anha. na oneul neo
Biwo naeryeogo i gose wasseo
Jinan yeoreum morae wie
Nega han nagseo cheoreom
Ppareu jido swibjido anhgetji mullon.
It’s too new for me, starting off the year alone
I nuni nogeul ttaejjeum
Bomgi uni oreul ttaejjeum
Geujjeum imyeon neo,
Tto duri geod deon got,
Hamkke nanu eotdeon
Geotdeul da ijeul su itgetji.
Nugun gaui yeeong waneun dalli ije sijagiya.
Life will go on
Nega deureot damyeon
Hwanael geoya nae sowon.
Sijagi joha
Joyonghan badat gae hollo wa
Saehae somangdo bireosseo
Handongan nal goerob hideon
Jidoghan gamgido da na asseo
Neukkimi joha…
Neukkimi joha,
Jagnyeon imam ttaeboda hwolssin deo
Ttag han gaji, nega eobseul ppun
Geuge seulpeul ppun
Geugeot ppun
A Korean hip-hop artist finds a strange peace in the first quiet morning of January. It's a lyric about the vanity of self-sufficiency. He builds this case for solitude being enough, even noble, but the structure keeps collapsing into that single absence.
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