‘히말라야’는 따뜻한 봄은 결코 갈 수 없는 곳 히말라야 꼭대기를 한밤에 기어오르고 있는 남자의 이야기를 담았다. 임재범 정규 7집 ‘SEVEN,(세븐 콤마)’의 2막 ‘빛을 따라서…’ 타이틀 곡이다.
‘The Himalayas’ tells the story of a man who climbs the top of the Himalayas at night, a place where a warm spring can never go. This is the title song for the second act of Lim Jae-bum’s 7th full-length album, ‘SEVEN, (Seven Comma)’, ‘Follow the Light…’.
Korean Lyrics & English Trans.
- 시린 바람 몰아 치리니
[si·lin / ba·lam / mol·a / chi·li·ni]
The cold wind will blow, - 오지 못할 봄은 멀구나
[o·ji / mos·hal / bom·eun / meol·gu·na]
so the spring that can’t come is far away - 별이라도 밤새껏 불러 불을 필까
[byeol·i·la·do / bam·sae·kkeos / bul·leo / bul·eul / pil·kka]
Shall I call even the stars all night and light a fire?
- 어둠까지 얹혀진 언 땅 위에
[eo·dum·kka·ji / eonj·hyeo·jin / eon / ttang / wi·e]
On top of the frozen ground covered with darkness - 살아 있는거라곤 나 하나
[sal·a / iss·neun·geo·la·gon / na / ha·na]
I’m the only one alive - 눈의 폭발에 갇힌 이 세상이
[nun·ui / pog·bal·e / gad·hin / i / se·sang·i]
This world, trapped in the snow explosion, - 마치 파편처럼 달려드는데
[ma·chi / pa·pyeon·cheo·leom / dal·lyeo·deu·neun·de]
rushes like fragments
- 혀 끝에 매달린 오기*가
[hyeo / kkeut·e / mae·dal·lin / o·gi·ga]
The indomitable spirit hanging at the tip of the tongue
*오기(o·gi): It is difficult to find a single word in English that corresponds to the Korean word ‘오기(o·gi)’. ‘오기’ means ‘a heart that lacks ability but does not want to lose to others.’ It is called ‘오기’ to be stubborn to continue to do something that one cannot do with one’s ability. ‘오기’ does not only have a bad will, but also includes a good ‘will’. When Koreans often say, “나도 오기가 있어(na·do / o·gi·ga / iss·eo),” it means the will to do it to the end.
- 내 심장을 데워 저 위로 날 데려가
[nae / sim·jang·eul / de·wo / jeo / wi·lo / nal / de·lyeo·ga]
warms my heart and takes me up there - 억세게 뛰어 오를 용기가
[eog·se·ge / ttwi·eo / o·leul / yong·gi·ga]
The courage to jump up vigorously - 깨진 손 마디를 타고 흐르네
[kkae·jin / son / ma·di·leul / ta·go / heu·leu·ne]
flows through the broken knuckles
- 잠들지 마라
[jam·deul·ji / ma·la]
Don’t fall asleep - 끈 놓지마
[kkeun / noh·ji·ma]
Don’t lose your mind - 곧 오실 새벽, 해 뜨리니
[god / o·sil / sae·byeog, / hae / tteu·li·ni]
The dawn, which will come soon. The sun will rise
- 퍼런 바람 훑고 간 그 자리에
[peo·leon / ba·lam / hult·go / gan / geu / ja·li·e]
In the place where the blue wind swept - 숨을 쉬는거라곤 나 하나
[sum·eul / swi·neun·geo·la·gon / na / ha·na]
I’m the only one breathing - 좁은 계곡에 박힌 이 세상이
[job·eun / gye·gog·e / bag·hin / i / se·sang·i]
This world stuck in a narrow valley - 마치 송곳처럼 파고 드는데
[ma·chi / song·gos·cheo·leom / pa·go / deu·neun·de]
digs like an awl - 발 끝에 치미는 독기가
[bal / kkeut·e / chi·mi·neun / dog·gi·ga]
The miasma at the tip of my toe - 내 머리를 채워 멀리로 날 데려가
[nae / meo·li·leul / chae·wo / meol·li·lo / nal / de·lyeo·ga]
fills my head and takes me far away - 질기게 기어 오를 끈기가
[jil·gi·ge / gi·eo / o·leul / kkeun·gi·ga]
The tenacity to climb tenaciously - 터진 내 입술을 타고 퍼지네
[teo·jin / nae / ib·sul·eul / ta·go / peo·ji·ne]
spreads through my bursting lips
- 고단한 걸음을, 끌어서 옮기고 또 끌어 옮기다 보이는 봉우린
[go·dan·han / geol·eum·eul, / kkeul·eo·seo / olm·gi·go / tto / kkeul·eo / olm·gi·da / bo·i·neun / bong·u·lin]
The peaks that can be seen after dragging and moving the weary steps - 추위로 흐려진 허상인가
[chu·wi·lo / heu·lyeo·jin / heo·sang·in·ga]
Is it an illusion clouded by the cold?
- 혀 끝에 매달린 오기가
[hyeo / kkeut·e / mae·dal·lin / o·gi·ga]
The indomitable spirit hanging at the tip of the tongue - 내 심장을 데워 저 위로 날 데려가
[nae / sim·jang·eul / de·wo / jeo / wi·lo / nal / de·lyeo·ga]
warms my heart and takes me up there - 억세게 뛰어오를 용기가
[eog·se·ge / ttwi·eo·o·leul / yong·gi·ga]
The courage to jump up vigorously - 깨진 손 마디를 타고 흐르네
[kkae·jin / son / ma·di·leul / ta·go / heu·leu·ne]
flows through the broken knuckles
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