Only I Didn’t Know
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jeongmal neon da ijeotdeora bangapge nal boneun neoui eolgul boni
정말 넌 다 잊었더라 반갑게 날 보는 너의 얼굴 보니
You really did forget everything; seeing your face greeting me warmly,
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geujeya eoryeompusi apaodeora
그제야 어렴풋이 아파오더라
Only then did it begin to ache faintly
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sae sal chaoreuji motan sangcheoga nunmureun heureujil antdeora
새 살 차오르지 못한 상처가 눈물은 흐르질 않더라
The wound hadn’t yet healed over, but no tears came
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ibyeoriraha haneun ge daedanchido motaeseo ireoke bojalgeoseopseoseo
이별이라 하는 게 대단치도 못해서 이렇게 보잘것없어서
What we call a breakup isn’t even grand, it’s this trivial
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joeun ibyeoriran geo, gyeolguk sesangen eomneun iriraneun geol
좋은 이별이란 거, 결국 세상엔 없는 일이라는 걸
That a good breakup is, in the end, something that doesn’t exist in this world —
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aratdamyeon geuttae charari da ureodul geol
알았다면 그때 차라리 다 울어둘 걸
If I’d known, I’d rather have cried it all out back then
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geuttae imi naraneun geon negen kkeuchieotdaneun geon
그때 이미 나라는 건 네겐 끝이었다는 건
That to you, “me” had already ended back then —
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naman mollasseotdeon iyagi sarangeun anieotdeora
나만 몰랐었던 이야기 사랑은 아니었더라
A story only I didn’t know; it wasn’t love after all
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nae gyeote meomuldeon siganieosseul ppun
내 곁에 머물던 시간이었을 뿐
It was just time spent staying by my side
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ijeya eoryeompusi al geotman gata
이제야 어렴풋이 알 것만 같아
Only now do I faintly seem to know
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wae neon mianhaesseoyaman haetneunji naega neomu deutteosseonna bwa
왜 넌 미안했어야만 했는지 내가 너무 들떴었나 봐
Why you had to be sorry; I must’ve been too excited
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tteonaneun sunganmajeo gidaereul haesseotdani eolmana useuwotdeon geoni
떠나는 순간마저 기대를 했었다니 얼마나 우스웠던 거니
To have had expectations even at the moment of parting — how funny must I have looked?
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joeun ibyeoriran geo, gyeolguk sesangen eomneun iriraneun geol
좋은 이별이란 거, 결국 세상엔 없는 일이라는 걸
That a good breakup is, in the end, something that doesn’t exist in this world —
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aratdamyeon geuttae charari da ureodul geol
알았다면 그때 차라리 다 울어둘 걸
If I’d known, I’d rather have cried it all out back then
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geuttae imi naraneun geon negen kkeuchieotdaneun geon
그때 이미 나라는 건 네겐 끝이었다는 건
That to you, “me” had already ended back then —
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naman mollasseotdeon iyagi
나만 몰랐었던 이야기
A story only I didn’t know
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