Thursday, November 27, 2008

A fun song to sing when learning Korean

I found this nice song thanks to a random person on a forum on Dave's ESL Cafe. This isn't a video, just the song here. This song is called 개똥벌레 or firefly (or glow worm? I haven't studied insects in Korean... I'm just relying on other people's translations. Anyway, I have no idea who the singer is... if anyone does, let me know.


Here are the lyrics and the translation. Again, thanks to random posts on dave's ESL... I didn't write or translate these...

아무리 우겨봐도 어쩔 수 없네
Even though I insist, I can't do anything
저기 개똥 무덤이 내집인걸
Over there, the dog dung's grave is my house
가슴을 내밀어도 친구가 없네
Even if I throw my chest out, I don't have any friends.
노래하던 새들도 멀리 날아가네.
Even those singing birds fly away.

가지마라 가지마라 가지말아라
Don't go away, don't go away, please don't go away,
나를 위해 한번만 노래를 해 주렴
Please sing once for me.
나나 나나나나 쓰라린 가슴 안고
Na-na na-na-na-na- I hug my bitter heart
오늘밤도 그렇게 울다 잠이든다.
I fall asleep while crying tonight.

마음을 다주어도 친구가 없네
Even if I give all my heart, I don't have any friends.
사랑하고 싶지만 마음뿐인 걸
I want to love but it's only my mind.

나는 개똥벌레 어쩔 수 없네
I'm just a firefly, I can't help it.
손을 잡고 싶지만 모두 떠나가네.
I want to hold other's hand, but they all leave.

가지마라 가지마라 가지말아라
Don't go away, don't go away, please don't go away,
나를 위해 한번만 노래를 해 주렴
Please sing once for me.
나나 나나나나 쓰라린 가슴 안고
Na-na na-na-na-na- I hug my bitter heart
오늘밤도 그렇게 울다 잠이든다.
I fall asleep while crying tonight.

ps, here is another site. it's in korean. maybe the artist's name is here.... can anyone tell? http://kaibere.tistory.com/tag/%EA%B0%9C%EB%98%A5%EB%B2%8C%EB%A0%88

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