[K-pop] “The Hymn of Death” / Yun Sim-deok

Korean Lyrics & English Translation

• 광막한 광야에 달리는 인생아
  [gwang·mag·han / gwang·ya·e / dal·li·neun / in·saeng·a]
  Life running in the vast wilderness
• 너에 가는 곳 그 어데이냐
  [neo·e / ga·neun / gos / geu / eo·de·i·nya]
  Where are you going?

• 쓸쓸한 세상 험악한 고해에
  [sseul·sseul·han / se·sang / heom·ag·han / go·hae·e]
  In a lonely world, in a sea of harsh pain
• 너는 무엇을 찾으려 하느냐
  [neo·neun / mu·eos·eul / chaj·eu·lyeo / ha·neu·nya]
  What are you looking for

• 눈물로 된 이 세상이
  [nun·mul·lo / doen / i / se·sang·i]
  This world made of tears
• 나 죽으면 고만일까
  [na / jug·eu·myeon / go·man·il·kka]
  Will it stop when I die

• 행복 찾는 인생들아
  [haeng·bog / chaj·neun / in·saeng·deul·a]
  Life in search of happiness
• 너 찾는 것 허무
  [neo / chaj·neun / geos / heo·mu]
  What you are looking for is futile

• 웃는 저 꽃과 우는 저 새들이
  [us·neun / jeo / kkoch·gwa / u·neun / jeo / sae·deul·i]
  Those smiling flowers and those crying birds
• 그 운명이 모두 다 같구나
  [geu / un·myeong·i / mo·du / da / gat·gu·na]
  The fate is all the same

• 삶에 열중한 가련한 인생아
  [salm·e / yeol·jung·han / ga·lyeon·han / in·saeng·a]
  Poor life, engrossed in life
• 너는 칼 우에 춤추는 자도다
  [neo·neun / kal / u·e / chum·chu·neun / ja·do·da]
  You are the dancer on the sword

• 눈물로 된 이 세상에
  [nun·mul·lo / doen / i / se·sang·e]
  This world made of tears
• 나 죽으면 고만일까
  [na / jug·eu·myeon / go·man·il·kka]
  Will it stop when I die

• 행복 찾는 인생들아
  [haeng·bog / chaj·neun / in·saeng·deul·a]
  Life in search of happiness
• 너 찾는 것 설움
  [neo / chaj·neun / geos / seol·um]
  What you are looking for is sorrow

• 허영에 빠져 날 뛰는 인생아
  [heo·yeong·e / ppa·jyeo / nal / ttwi·neun / in·saeng·a]
  Life, which going crazy in vanity
• 너 속였음을 네가 아느냐
  [neo / sog·yeoss·eum·eul / ne·ga / a·neu·nya]
  Do you know you cheated on yourself

• 세상에 것은 너의게 허무니
  [se·sang·e / geos·eun / neo·ui·ge / heo·mu·ni]
  What’s in the world is in vain for you
• 너 죽은 후에 모두 다 없도다
  [neo / jug·eun / hu·e / mo·du / da / eobs·do·da]
  After you die, all of it is gone

• 눈물로 된 이 세상에
  [nun·mul·lo / doen / i / se·sang·e]
  This world made of tears
• 나 죽으면 고만일까
  [na / jug·eu·myeon / go·man·il·kka]
  Will it stop when I die

• 행복 찾는 인생들아
  [haeng·bog / chaj·neun / in·saeng·deul·a]
  Life in search of happiness
• 너 찾는 건 허무
  [neo / chaj·neun / geon / heo·mu]
  What you are looking for is futile

STORY OF K-POP

《The Hymn of Death》 is the title track of an album released by the first Korean soprano Yoon Shim-deok in August 1926, during the Japanese colonial period. It was the first Korean album to be released in Japan.

Yoon Shim-deok, who sang this song like the lyrics to glorify death, became a hot topic when she committed suicide with his lover Kim Woo-jin in Korean Strait during her return to Korea.

This song became popular after Yoon Shim-duk’s tragic companion suicide, and became a song that symbolized the trend of free love. Because it is originally a waltz, it is a light tune. However, it was played slowly to preserve a pitiful and tragic feeling.