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Hi! I am working on gfx edits for the 8th anniversary of BTS’ debut. I am using the lyrics from Magic Shop as a part of them since it is my absolute favorite song. Would it be ok if I used your beautiful translation and credited you in the post?

Sure! Sounds awesome!

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Let tomorrow be /  An occasion for laughter (for me) /  A little bit better (for me)

BTS, “00:00” (full original translation)

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On the Passions, Pressures, and Partings of Artists: The Rappers of BTS in “Tear”

—Lyric excerpts from “Outro: Tear” (full original translation)

This song can be interpreted both as a song about personal relationships and a song about the tension between artist and art. “Tear” is said to have been written for the members of BTS themselves when they were considering disbandment.

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RM

tear: [noun] a drop of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in a person's eye when they cry

Forever, forever, shut up about forever, there has to be an ending if there is a beginning; I don’t want to listen to that, too many truths or too many commiserations, I don’t want to listen to that. I was just so scared because maybe I had never actually loved you.

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SUGA

tear: [noun] a hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully

Oh, take it easy, be slow with the carving of a heart Yes, yes, grind your heels over the scattered remains Regrets, regrets, don’t let that shit linger Take the shredded ribbons of my heart and incinerate them That’s right, right there, what are you waiting for This is the ending you wanted So kill me with confidence

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j-hope

fear: [noun] an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat

Why we spill it Why we shred it It means nothing to me Farewell is to me the moments (Flashback) The instant the words leave your mouth The second our focal point stutters The juncture when everything is threatened Two letters deliver our ending

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[BTS] Outro: Tear (An Accurate & Poetic Translation)

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Farewell is to me a Tear.

It blooms on the edge of my eye without my knowing.

What will have to go unsaid is spilling,

Regret crawls across my face.

You were once, to me, a Dear,

But now, just bitter beer.

Belated self-loathing has stained the heart,

Made it susceptible to wounds from passing gusts.

At the end of my play, where all goodbyes were feigned,

The cost had inevitably caught up to me.

If someone would turn back time for me,

Could I be more truthful?

My unadorned face that only I’m aware of;

My age-old, ugly, pathetic companions inside me;

Could you have, with the smile you used to aim my way,

Could you have loved me again like that?

Forever, forever, shut up about forever,

There has to be an ending

If there is a beginning; I don’t want to listen to that,

Too many truths or too many commiserations,

I don’t want to listen to that.

I was just so scared

Because maybe I had never actually loved you.

It’s too late, but you were true,

It was only you who loved me

more.

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You're my tear

You're my, you're my tear

You're my tear

You're my, you're my tear

You're my tear

You're my, you're my tear

What more can I say

You're my tear

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We were walking toward the same place

But this has become our ending

We once spoke of forever but now

We’ve ruthlessly wrecked each other

Thought we’d had the same dream

But that dream has become a dream

Heart’s all torn up, I’d rather you set it aflame,

So nothing can remain, not pain, not regret

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You're my tear

You're my, you're my tear

You're my tear

You're my, you're my tear

You're my fear

You're my, you're my fear

What more can I say

You're my

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Farewell is to me a TEAR

Crying is an extravagance

There’ll be no pretty goodbyes

No, so please begin

Oh, take it easy, be slow with the carving of a heart

Yes, yes, grind your heels over the scattered remains

Regrets, regrets, don’t let that shit linger

Take the shredded ribbons of my heart and incinerate them

That’s right, right there, what are you waiting for

This is the ending you wanted

So kill me with confidence

Ay, yeah yeah burn it

Ay, yeah yeah yeah burn it

Ay, yeah yeah yeah burn it

So not even ashes remain

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This is the real you and this is the real me

We’ve seen the end, not even spite remains

Sweet dream’s finished, I close my eyes

This is the real you and this is the real me

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We were walking toward the same place

But this is become our ending

We once spoke of forever and now

We’re ruthlessly wrecking each other

Thought we’d had the same dream

That fantasy has finally become a reverie

Heart’s all torn up, I’d rather you set it aflame,

So nothing can remain, not pain, not regret

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You're my tear

You're my, you're my tear

You're my tear

You're my, you're my tear

You're my fear

You're my, you're my fear

What more can I say

You're my

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What to say

We know it

Answer’s fixed

Response’s always hard

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Why we spill it

Why we shred it

It means nothing to me

Farewell is to me the moments (Flashback)

The instant the words leave your mouth

The second our focal point stutters

The juncture when everything is threatened

Two letters deliver our ending

Shouldn’t have cried, shouldn’t have ripped,

I can’t even say the words anymore;

Goodbye, a chronic illness,

You are my beginning and ending, that is all,

My meetings and partings,

My all; what lies ahead is Fear

Repetition’s foretold with you as the cause; Tear

Tear

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Will something be different No, probably not But at least this one day Is ending When the sweep-second And the minute hand are in alignment The world, very briefly, holds its breath

—BTS, “Zero O’Clock” (full original translation)

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[BTS] 00:00 (An Accurate & Poetic Translation)

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You know that kind of day 

When you’re sad for no reason

When your limbs are heavy

And everyone besides me

Looks engaged and intense with a passion

My steps are sticking to the floor

I think I might already be late

The whole world is making me bitter

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Yeah, strewn around me are rattling speed bumps

Heart’s been crumpled, words keep fading

Why on earth; I’ve been running so hard

So why me, why

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I come home

Lie down

And wonder

Was it my fault?

It’s a messy night

I glance at the clock,

Nearly midnight

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Will something be different

No, probably not

But at least this one day

Is ending

When the sweep-second

And the minute hand are in alignment

The world, very briefly, holds its breath

Zero o’clock

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And you’re gonna be happy

And you’re gonna be happy

Like the tip of new snowfall

Breathe like it’s the first time

And you’re gonna be happy

And you’re gonna be happy

Turn this all around

Everything’s new at zero o’clock

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I’m sliding slightly off beat

My face refuses easy expressions

Familiar lyrics keep slipping my mind

Nothing is going the way I wish it would

Right, it’s all in the past

But soliloquizing doesn’t make things easier

Is it my fault?

Is it my wrong?

No answer

Just my echo

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I come home

Lie down

And wonder

Was that my fault?

It’s a messy night

I glance at the clock,

Nearly midnight

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Will something be different

No, probably not

But at least this one day

Is ending

When the sweep-second

And the minute hand are in fleeting conjunction

The world, very briefly, holds its breath

Zero o’clock

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And you’re gonna be happy

And you’re gonna be happy

Like the tip of new snowfall

Breathe like it’s the first time

And you’re gonna be happy

And you’re gonna be happy

Turn this all around

Everything’s new at zero o’clock

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Put two hands together

And make a wish

Let tomorrow be

An occasion for laughter

For me

A little bit better

For me

.

When this song

is over

A new song

will play

Just a little bit happier, yeah

.

And you’re gonna be happy

And you’re gonna be happy

Hold a breath, make it brief,

Recite my consolations again

And you’re gonna be happy

And you’re gonna be happy

Turn this all around

Everything’s new 

At zero o’clock

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Hi, I wanted to ask you what does the last two lines in blue and grey mean? “now that’s ive privately gathered the words floating in the air i go to early morning doze good night”? I fee unable to understand these two lines and i’m wondering what your non-poetic interpretation/meaning of the korean lines is? thank you and thanks for your hard work 💜

"I couldn't go to sleep because there were too many thoughts floating around my head. But now that I've quietly identified these thoughts and put them into words, I feel collected enough to rest. It's very early morning, maybe 3 a.m. It's time to fall asleep."

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I don’t believe in any god called conviction I’m abashed by colorful words I find this vast grey land more comfortable Here’s a million expressions of grey When it rains, it’s my world I dance over this city On clear days, for the fog On wet days, without fail Here’s to all the dust Raise a glass, a toast

—BTS, “Blue & Grey” (full original translation)

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—BE ver.

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Have I been blunted, have I fallen apart Guess this lump of metal’s pretty heavy after all Here comes that grey rhinoceros I’ve got no focal point, I’m standing big and hollow This moment doesn’t feel like mine There’s no reason why I’m not afraid

—BTS, “Blue & Grey” (full original translation)

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[BTS] Blue & Grey (An Accurate & Poetic Translation)

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Where’s my angel

A shade settles over the end of a day

“Someone come and save me, please”

Nothing but a sigh from a worn-out day

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Everyone else looks pretty happy

Can you look at me ‘cause I am blue and grey

The meaning of the teardrops reflected in the mirror

Must be my colors behind laughter, blue and grey

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Don’t know where I started going wrong

Had a blue question mark in my head since youth

Maybe that’s why I’ve lived so intensely

But when I look back, when I stagnate here,

That razor-edged shadow consumes me whole

I still don’t know if the blue question mark

Is truly apprehension or depression

Maybe it’s really a creature of regret

Or maybe it’s what loneliness made of me

I still don’t know that razor-edged blue

Hope I don’t drown, find a way out

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I just wanna be happier

Thaw my freezing self

I’ve held out countless hands

They’re a colorless echo

Oh this ground feels so heavier

I am singing by myself

I just wanna be happier

Is that too much to ask

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As I walked the cold winter streets, I heard

the quickening breaths of my heart

I still hear it sometimes

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Don’t say it’s fine

It’s not

Please don’t leave me alone, it hurts

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It’s the road I always walk, the light I’m always in

But today it’s a weirdly unfamiliar scene

Have I been blunted, have I fallen apart

Guess this lump of metal’s pretty heavy after all

Here comes that grey rhinoceros

I’ve got no focal point, I’m standing big and hollow

This moment doesn’t feel like mine

There’s no reason why I’m not afraid

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I don’t believe in any god called conviction

I’m abashed by colorful words

I find this vast grey land more comfortable

Here’s a million expressions of grey

When it rains, it’s my world

I dance over this city

On clear days, for the fog

On wet days, without fail

Here’s to all the dust

Raise a glass, a toast

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I just wanna be happier

Feel the warmth of my hand

I need you more because I’m not warm

Oh this ground feels so heavier

I am singing by myself

When I start to laugh in some far-off future

I’ll tell you, “That’s how it went”

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Now that I’ve privately gathered the words floating around in the air

I’m slipping off to an early morning doze, good night

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Those who breeze past Those who sink roots Which am I A good person? A bad person? Reviews are divided I’m just a person

— AGUST D, “People” (full original translation)

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[Agust D] People (An Accurate & Poetic Translation)

Yeah, yeah, soft breeze

Those who breeze past

Those who sink roots

Which am I

A good person?

A bad person?

Reviews are divided

I’m just a person

Everyone lives

Everyone loves

Everyone fades

Evanesces

People change, as have I

Nothing’s eternal in life

All passing happenstance

Mm, why so serious? (Why so serious?)

Why so serious? (Why so serious?) Why so serious? (Why so serious?)

Mm, I’m so serious (I’m so serious)

I’m so serious (I’m so serious) I’m so, I’m so

So what

So what if we breeze past

So what

So what if we get hurt

Might be in pain sometimes

Might shed blue tears sometimes

So what

So what if we live like that

Flow as water flows

Maybe something’s waiting at the end

A special life, an average life, each in its own way

What’s good is good I guess

What’s good is good

Things don’t always go as planned

We all risk unpleasantness

Dramatic instants in repetition can be draining 

People are like that 

We want what isn’t there, don’t want what already is

Who said humans are creatures of wisdom

The way I see it, we’re creatures of regret

People change, as have you

Nothing’s eternal in life

All passing happenstance

Your ordinary is conversely my extraordinary

Your unusual is conversely my normal

My ordinary is conversely your unusual

My exceptional is conversely your normal

It’s fine

It’s fine if we breeze past

It’s fine

It’s fine if we get hurt

Might be in pain sometimes

Might shed blue tears sometimes

It’s fine

It’s fine to live like that

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— AGUST D-2 ver.

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The friend I knew is gone and the person who knew you isn’t here

I know it wasn’t just time that changed us

The friend you knew is gone and the friend I knew isn’t here

It wasn’t just time that changed us, how futile is this

— AGUST D, “Dear My Friend” (full original translation)

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[Agust D] Dear My Friend (An Accurate & Poetic Translation)

Even still

I miss you and miss you

Even still

Our memories together circle ‘round me

If I’d caught you back then

No, if I’d stopped you back then

To this day

Would we still be friends? 

What would that have been like

Dear my friend, how are you

I’m, uh, doing good, you know, yeah

Dear my friend, I’ll be honest

I fucking hate you still

I still remember the days when we were close

The times we skipped town for Daegu

Countless days, “I don’t fear the world when I’m with you”

We said so then, but now we’re on opposing paths, damn

Do you remember? It was probably Sinsa

That conversation we had while tipping soju bottles

We were going to conquer the world, we had ambitions

Had grand plans, we were young, only twenty, yeah

The loss of contact was too sudden

Ages later, your parents called from an unknown number

That short phone call had me running

Seoul Detention Center, Anyang was much too far away

Even still

I miss you and miss you

Even still

Our memories together circle ‘round me

If I’d caught you back then

No, if I’d stopped you back then

To this day

Would we still be friends? 

How would that have gone

Was it you who changed or was it me

I even resent time’s flow, I guess it’s us who changed

Hey, I hate you, hey, I loathe you

Hey, even as I say these words I still miss you

Every week I set out to meet visiting hours

A round trip of three hours, I took them alone

The day of your trial and the day of your release,

The heavy snow and white tofu is etched into my mind

It’d been a long time, you were someone different

With hollow eyes you asked me if I wanted some illegal shit

I was furious, I cursed and swore

With no way to bring my only friend back, you became an unknown horror

The friend I knew is gone and the person who knew you isn’t here

I know it wasn’t just time that changed us

The friend you knew is gone and the friend I knew isn’t here

It wasn’t just time that changed us, how futile is this

Even still

I miss you and miss you

Even still

Our memories together circle ‘round me

If I’d caught you back then

No, if I’d stopped you back then

To this day

Would we still be friends? 

What would that have been like

Even still

I miss you and miss you

Even still

Our memories together circle ‘round me

If I’d caught you back then

No, if I’d stopped you back then

To this day

Would we still be friends? 

How would that have gone

Oh

What could have been