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What Would Have Been – PSY

PSY

What Would Have Been lyrics with English translation

Language
Korean
Level
Beginner
Released
2012
Genre
K-Pop
Length
4:05

  1. 내가 그때 널 (내가 그때 널)

    If I had held you then

  2. 잡았더라면 (잡았더라면)

    If I had held you

  3. 너와 나 지금보다 행복했을까

    Would you and I have been happier than now?

  4. 마지막에 널 (마지막에 널)

    If I had embraced you at the end

  5. 안아줬다면 어땠을까 (어땠을까)

    How would it have been?

  6. Yo, check, 나의 옛사랑 옛사람

    Yo, check, my old love, my old acquaintance

  7. 가끔 난 너의 안부를 속으로 묻는다

    Sometimes, I silently ask about your well-being

  8. 그리고는 혼자 씩 웃는다

    And then I laugh to myself

  1. 희미해진 그때의 기억을 빈 잔에 붓는다

    I pour the faded memories of that time into an empty cup

  2. 잔이 차고 넘친다

    The cup fills and overflows.

  3. 기억을 마신다 그 기억은 쓰지만 맛있다

    I drink in memories, though bittersweet, they're a pleasure.

  4. 그 시절 우리의 도수는

    Our intoxication back then was

  5. 거의 웬만한 독주보다 높았어

    higher than any strong drink.

  6. 보고 또 봐도 보고팠어

    Even upon seeing you again, I longed for you.

  7. 사랑을 해도 해도 서로에게 고팠어

    Though we loved, we were still thirsty for each other.

  8. 목말랐어

    I was parched.

  9. 참 우리 좋았었는데

    We were truly happy back then.

  10. 헤어질 일이 없었는데

    There was no thought of parting.

  11. 왜 그랬을까

    Why did it have to be that way?

  12. 그 땐 사랑이 뭔지 몰랐어

    At that time, I didn't know what love was.

  13. 사랑이 사랑인줄 몰랐어

    I didn't know love was love.

  14. 혼자서 그려본다 헤어지지 않았더라면

    I imagine alone what it would have been like if we hadn’t broken up.

  15. 어땠을까 (내가 그때 널) 어땠을까 (잡았더라면)

    What would it have been like (if I had you back then)? What would it have been like (if I had held onto you)?

  16. 어땠을까 (너와 나 지금보다 행복했을까)

    What would it have been like (would you and I have been happier than now)?

  17. 어땠을까 (마지막에 널) 어땠을까 (안아줬다면)

    What would it have been like (if I had held you) at the end? What would it have been like (if I had embraced you)?

  18. 어땠을까 (너와 나 지금까지 함께 했을까)

    What would it have been like (would you and I have been together until now)?

  19. 둘이 같이 꼴딱 밤새 맞이한 아침

    The two of us welcomed the morning together until dawn.

  20. 홀딱 잠 깨 창문을 닫지

    Waking up completely, I don’t close the window.

  21. 우리는 마치 창 밖의 참새처럼

    We are like the sparrows outside the window,

  22. 잠들기 싫어하는 애처럼 초등학생처럼

    Like a kid who doesn’t want to sleep, like an elementary school student.

  23. 아무도 없는데 아무도 모르게

    No one is here, yet no one knows

  24. 아무도 못 듣게 귓속에 말을 해 말을 해

    So no one can hear, I whisper in my ear, I whisper

  25. 그 시절 우리의 온도는

    The warmth we had back then

  26. 거의 저 밑에 적도 보다 높았어

    Was soaring high, even above the equator

  27. 성났어 감기도 아닌 것이 열났어

    Furious, it wasn’t a cold but a fever

  28. 온몸의 어디든 귀를 갖다 대면은 맥박소리가

    Wherever I place my ear on my body, I hear its pulse

  29. 귓가에 그 날의 너의 소리가

    The sound of you from that day echoes in my ears

  30. 왜 그랬을까 그 땐 사랑이 뭔지 몰라서

    Why did it happen, I didn’t know what love was back then

  31. 사랑이 사랑인 줄 몰랐어

    I didn’t realize what love really was

  32. 혼자서 그려본다 헤어지지 않았더라면

    Alone, I imagine what it would be like if we hadn’t parted

  33. 어땠을까 (내가 그때 널) 어땠을까 (잡았더라면)

    What would it have been like (if I had held you back then)

  34. 어땠을까 (너와 나 지금보다 행복했을까)

    What would it have been like (would you and I have been happier than now)

  35. 어땠을까 (마지막에 널) 어땠을까 (안아줬다면)

    What would it have been like (if I had embraced you)

  36. 어땠을까 (너와 나 지금까지 함께 했을까)

    What would it have been like (would you and I have stayed together until now)

  37. 눈 앞에서 살진 않지만 눈 감으면 살고 있다

    Though you don’t live before my eyes, I find you when I close them

  38. 다른 사람 품 안에서 같은 추억 하면서 (어땠을까)

    In another's arms, sharing the same memories (what would it have been like)

  39. 내 곁에 있진 않지만 내 몸이 기억하고 있다

    Though you’re not by my side, my body remembers you

  40. 다른 사람 품 안에서 같은 추억 하면서 (어땠을까)

    In another's arms, sharing the same memories (what would it have been like)

  41. 왜 그랬을까 그 땐 사랑이 뭔지 몰라서(몰라서)

    Why did it happen? Back then, I didn’t know what love was (didn’t know)

  42. 사랑이 사랑인 줄 몰랐어

    I didn’t realize love was love itself

  43. 혼자서 그려본다 헤어지지 않았더라면

    I draw alone what it would be like if we hadn't broken up,

  44. 어땠을까 (내가 그때 널) 어땠을까 (잡았더라면)

    What would it have been like (if I had held onto you back then)?

  45. 어땠을까 (너와 나 지금보다 행복했을까)

    What would it have been like (would we have been happier than we are now)?

  46. 어땠을까 (마지막에 널) 어땠을까 (안아줬다면)

    What would it have been like (if I had held you in the end)?

  47. 어땠을까 (너와 나 지금까지 함께 했을까)

    What would it have been like (would we have been together until now)?

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Key vocabulary

귓가에
by the ear
그
that1
귓속에
in the ear3
그때
that time1
내가
I
너와
with you
너의
your
널
you
그때의
that-time1
그랬을까
might have

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About this song

PSY is a South Korean pop and dance artist, born Park Jae-sang. He is known for the global breakthrough hit “Gangnam Style” and for a career that has mixed satirical themes with highly danceable electronic beats.

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What Would Have Been

내가naega 그때geuttae 널neol (내가naega 그때geuttae 널neol)

If I had held you then

잡았더라면jabatdeoramyeon (잡았더라면jabatdeoramyeon)

If I had held you

너와neowa 나na 지금보다jigeumboda 행복했을까haengbokaesseulkka

Would you and I have been happier than now?

마지막에majimage 널neol (마지막에majimage 널neol)

If I had embraced you at the end

안아줬다면anajwotdamyeon 어땠을까eottaesseulkka (어땠을까eottaesseulkka)

How would it have been?

Yo, check, 나의naui 옛사랑yetsarang 옛사람yetsaram

Yo, check, my old love, my old acquaintance

가끔gakkeum 난nan 너의neoui 안부를anbureul 속으로sogeuro 묻는다munneunda

Sometimes, I silently ask about your well-being

그리고는geurigoneun 혼자honja 씩ssik 웃는다unneunda

And then I laugh to myself

희미해진huimihaejin 그때의geuttaeui 기억을gieogeul 빈bin 잔에jane 붓는다bunneunda

I pour the faded memories of that time into an empty cup

잔이jani 차고chago 넘친다neomchinda

The cup fills and overflows.

기억을gieogeul 마신다masinda 그geu 기억은gieogeun 쓰지만sseujiman 맛있다masitda

I drink in memories, though bittersweet, they're a pleasure.

그geu 시절sijeol 우리의uriui 도수는dosuneun

Our intoxication back then was

거의geoui 웬만한wenmanhan 독주보다dokjuboda 높았어nopasseo

higher than any strong drink.

보고bogo 또tto 봐도bwado 보고팠어bogopasseo

Even upon seeing you again, I longed for you.

사랑을sarangeul 해도haedo 해도haedo 서로에게seoroege 고팠어gopasseo

Though we loved, we were still thirsty for each other.

목말랐어mongmallasseo

I was parched.

참cham 우리uri 좋았었는데joasseonneunde

We were truly happy back then.

헤어질heeojil 일이iri 없었는데eopsseonneunde

There was no thought of parting.

왜wae 그랬을까geuraesseulkka

Why did it have to be that way?

그geu 땐ttaen 사랑이sarangi 뭔지mwonji 몰랐어mollasseo

At that time, I didn't know what love was.

사랑이sarangi 사랑인줄sarangninjul 몰랐어mollasseo

I didn't know love was love.

혼자서honjaseo 그려본다geuryeobonda 헤어지지heeojiji 않았더라면anatdeoramyeon

I imagine alone what it would have been like if we hadn’t broken up.

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (내가naega 그때geuttae 널neol) 어땠을까eottaesseulkka (잡았더라면jabatdeoramyeon)

What would it have been like (if I had you back then)? What would it have been like (if I had held onto you)?

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (너와neowa 나na 지금보다jigeumboda 행복했을까haengbokaesseulkka)

What would it have been like (would you and I have been happier than now)?

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (마지막에majimage 널neol) 어땠을까eottaesseulkka (안아줬다면anajwotdamyeon)

What would it have been like (if I had held you) at the end? What would it have been like (if I had embraced you)?

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (너와neowa 나na 지금까지jigeumkkaji 함께hamkke 했을까haesseulkka)

What would it have been like (would you and I have been together until now)?

둘이duri 같이gachi 꼴딱kkolttak 밤새bamsae 맞이한majihan 아침achim

The two of us welcomed the morning together until dawn.

홀딱holttak 잠jam 깨kkae 창문을changmuneul 닫지datji

Waking up completely, I don’t close the window.

우리는urineun 마치machi 창chang 밖의bakkui 참새처럼chamsaecheoreom

We are like the sparrows outside the window,

잠들기jamdeulgi 싫어하는sireohaneun 애처럼aecheoreom 초등학생처럼chodeunghaksaengcheoreom

Like a kid who doesn’t want to sleep, like an elementary school student.

아무도amudo 없는데eomneunde 아무도amudo 모르게moreuge

No one is here, yet no one knows

아무도amudo 못mot 듣게deutge 귓속에gwitsoge 말을mareul 해hae 말을mareul 해hae

So no one can hear, I whisper in my ear, I whisper

그geu 시절sijeol 우리의uriui 온도는ondoneun

The warmth we had back then

거의geoui 저jeo 밑에mite 적도jeokdo 보다boda 높았어nopasseo

Was soaring high, even above the equator

성났어seongnasseo 감기도gamgido 아닌anin 것이geosi 열났어yeollasseo

Furious, it wasn’t a cold but a fever

온몸의onmomui 어디든eodideun 귀를gwireul 갖다gatda 대면은daemyeoneun 맥박소리가maekbaksoriga

Wherever I place my ear on my body, I hear its pulse

귓가에gwitgae 그geu 날의narui 너의neoui 소리가soriga

The sound of you from that day echoes in my ears

왜wae 그랬을까geuraesseulkka 그geu 땐ttaen 사랑이sarangi 뭔지mwonji 몰라서mollaseo

Why did it happen, I didn’t know what love was back then

사랑이sarangi 사랑인sarangnin 줄jul 몰랐어mollasseo

I didn’t realize what love really was

혼자서honjaseo 그려본다geuryeobonda 헤어지지heeojiji 않았더라면anatdeoramyeon

Alone, I imagine what it would be like if we hadn’t parted

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (내가naega 그때geuttae 널neol) 어땠을까eottaesseulkka (잡았더라면jabatdeoramyeon)

What would it have been like (if I had held you back then)

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (너와neowa 나na 지금보다jigeumboda 행복했을까haengbokaesseulkka)

What would it have been like (would you and I have been happier than now)

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (마지막에majimage 널neol) 어땠을까eottaesseulkka (안아줬다면anajwotdamyeon)

What would it have been like (if I had embraced you)

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (너와neowa 나na 지금까지jigeumkkaji 함께hamkke 했을까haesseulkka)

What would it have been like (would you and I have stayed together until now)

눈nun 앞에서apeseo 살진saljin 않지만anchiman 눈nun 감으면gameumyeon 살고salgo 있다itda

Though you don’t live before my eyes, I find you when I close them

다른dareun 사람saram 품pum 안에서aneseo 같은gateun 추억chueok 하면서hamyeonseo (어땠을까eottaesseulkka)

In another's arms, sharing the same memories (what would it have been like)

내nae 곁에gyeote 있진itjin 않지만anchiman 내nae 몸이momi 기억하고gieokago 있다itda

Though you’re not by my side, my body remembers you

다른dareun 사람saram 품pum 안에서aneseo 같은gateun 추억chueok 하면서hamyeonseo (어땠을까eottaesseulkka)

In another's arms, sharing the same memories (what would it have been like)

왜wae 그랬을까geuraesseulkka 그geu 땐ttaen 사랑이sarangi 뭔지mwonji 몰라서mollaseo(몰라서mollaseo)

Why did it happen? Back then, I didn’t know what love was (didn’t know)

사랑이sarangi 사랑인sarangnin 줄jul 몰랐어mollasseo

I didn’t realize love was love itself

혼자서honjaseo 그려본다geuryeobonda 헤어지지heeojiji 않았더라면anatdeoramyeon

I draw alone what it would be like if we hadn't broken up,

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (내가naega 그때geuttae 널neol) 어땠을까eottaesseulkka (잡았더라면jabatdeoramyeon)

What would it have been like (if I had held onto you back then)?

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (너와neowa 나na 지금보다jigeumboda 행복했을까haengbokaesseulkka)

What would it have been like (would we have been happier than we are now)?

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (마지막에majimage 널neol) 어땠을까eottaesseulkka (안아줬다면anajwotdamyeon)

What would it have been like (if I had held you in the end)?

어땠을까eottaesseulkka (너와neowa 나na 지금까지jigeumkkaji 함께hamkke 했을까haesseulkka)

What would it have been like (would we have been together until now)?

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