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작은 것들을 위한 시 (Boy With Luv)

Map of the Soul: Persona · 2019

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한국어 (Korean)

English Translation

A mwoga geuri bokjaphe

[Intro]

(워워워워워)

Simpeulhage saenggakhaebwa

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

(워워워워워)

Han yeojareul joahaneun han namjaui iyagi

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Sesang cham jageun geotdeule ulgo useo

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Geuge naya eottae

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

[Verse 1: Jimin]

One thing that I want

[Verse 1: Jimin]

모든 게 궁금해 how's your day?

Namdeul nunen bojalgeotseopsseo boyeodo

I'm curious about you, how's your day?

Oh, tell me (Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah yeah, ah yeah)

Naegeneun sojunghan geot

Oh, tell me (Oh yeah oh yeah, ah yeah ah yeah)

뭐가 널 행복하게 하는지

What makes you happy?

Oh, text me (Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah)

Oh, text me (Oh yeah oh yeah, oh yeah oh yeah)

[Verse 2: V, Jin]

Your every picture

내 머리맡에 두고 싶어, oh, oh, bae

I wanna have under my pillow, oh, oh bae

Come be my teacher

네 모든 걸 다 가르쳐줘

Teach me everything about you

Your one, your two

[Pre-Chorus: Jung Kook, Jimin]

Listen, my, my baby 나는

Listen my my baby

저 하늘을 높이 날고 있어

I'm flying high up in the sky

(그때 니가 내게 줬던 두 날개로)

(With the two wings that you gave me back then)

이제 여긴 너무 높아

Now it's so high up here

난 내 눈에 널 맞추고 싶어

I want you tuned in to my eyes

Yeah, you're makin' me a boy with love

Yeah, you makin' me a boy with luv

[Chorus: Halsey, Jung Kook, Jimin]

Oh my, my, my, (Uh) oh my, my, my

Oh my, my, my, (uh) oh my, my, my

I've waited all my life

네 전부를 함께하고 싶어

I want to be with you through everything

Oh my, my, my, (Yeah) oh my, my, my

Oh my, my, my, (yeah) oh my, my, my

Looking for something right

이제 조금은 나 알겠어

Okay, now, I kinda get it

[Post-Chorus: Halsey]

(워워워워워)

(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

I want something stronger (I want it)

(워워워워워)

(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Than a moment, than a moment, love

(워워워워워)

(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

I have waited longer

(워워워워워)

(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

For a boy with, for a boy with love

For a boy with, for a boy with luv

[Verse 3: SUGA]

널 알게 된 이후 ya (Oh)

From the moment I met you, ya, my life was all you, ya

내 삶은 온통 너 ya (Ya, ya)

You’re the star that turns ordinaries into extraordinaries, oh yeah

사소한 게 사소하지 않게 만들어버린 너라는 별 (Alright)

One after another ay, ay, everything is special ay, ay

하나부터 열까지 ayy, ayy

The things you’re interested in, the way you walk or talk, and every little trivial habit of yours

모든 게 특별하지 ayy, ayy

너의 관심사 걸음걸이 말투와 사소한 작은 습관들까지, ayy

[Verse 4: j-hope, Jung Kook]

(Hope world)

(Hope world, ay)

다 말하지 너무 작던 내가 영웅이 된 거라고 (Oh no)

Everyone says that I used to be so little and now I became a hero (Oh no)

난 말하지 운명 따윈 처음부터 내 게 아니었다고 (Oh no)

I say that something like destiny was never my thing (Oh no)

세계의 평화 (No way)

World peace (No way)

거대한 질서 (No way)

A great order (No way)

그저 널 지킬 거야 난

I just want to keep you safe

(Boy with love)

(Boy with luv)

[Pre-Chorus: V, RM, Jin]

Listen, my, my baby 나는

Listen my my baby

저 하늘을 높이 날고 있어

I'm flying high up in the sky

(그때 니가 내게 줬던 두 날개로)

(With the two wings that you gave me back then)

이제 여긴 너무 높아

Now, it's so high up here

난 내 눈에 널 맞추고 싶어

I want you tuned in to my eyes

Yeah, you're makin' me a boy with love

Yeah, you makin' me a boy with luv

[Chorus: Halsey, Jung Kook, Jimin]

Oh my, my, my, (Uh) oh my, my, my

Oh my, my, my, (uh) oh my, my, my

You got me high so fast

네 전부를 함께하고 싶어

I want to be with you through everything

Oh my, my, my, oh my, my, my

You got me fly so fast

이제 조금은 나 알겠어

Okay, now, I kinda' get it

[Post-Chorus: V, Halsey, Jin]

(워워워워워)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Love is nothing stronger (I want it)

(워워워워워)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Than a boy with) Than a boy with love

(Than a boy with) Than a boy with luv

(워워워워워)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Love is nothing stronger

(워워워워워)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Than a boy with) Than a boy with love

(Than a boy with) Than a boy with luv

[Bridge: RM, Halsey]

툭 까놓고 말할게

I'll tell you frankly

나도 모르게 힘이 들어가기도 했어

Sometimes I was a little stuck up

높아버린 sky, 커져버린 hall

Elevated sky, expanded halls

때론 도망치게 해달라며 기도했어

Sometimes I prayed, let me run away

But 너의 상처는 나의 상처

But your pain is my pain

깨달았을 때 나 다짐했던걸 (Yeah)

When I realised that, I vowed to myself (Yeah)

니가 준 이카루스의 날개로 (Uh)

With the wings of Icarus you gave me (Uh)

태양이 아닌 너에게로

Not towards the sun but towards you

Let me fly

[Chorus: Halsey, Jung Kook, V]

Oh my, my, my, oh my, my, my

Oh my, my, my, (uh) oh my, my, my

I've waited all my life (All my life)

네 전부를 함께하고 싶어

I want to be with you through everything

Oh my, my, my, oh my, my, my (Oh, oh)

Oh my, my, my, (yeah) oh my, my, my (Oh, oh)

Looking for something right (Right)

이제 조금은 나 알겠어

Okay, now, I kinda' get it

[Post-Chorus: Halsey, Jimin, Jung Kook]

(워워워워워)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

I want something stronger (I want it)

I want something stronger (I want something stronger, I want it)

(워워워워워)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Than a moment, than a moment, love (Mo-moment, love)

(워워워워워)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Love is nothing stronger (Ooh ooh, oh yeah)

Love is nothing stronger (ooh ooh, oh yeah)

(워워워워워)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Than a boy with) Than a boy with love

(Than a boy with) Than a boy with luv

Fan Annotations (1)

“sesang cham jageun geotdeule ulgo useo” 세상 참 작은 것들에 울고 웃어

"세상 참 작은 것들에 울고 웃어" means "in this world I cry and laugh over such small things" — the line that distinguishes "Boy With Luv" from BTS's earlier grand, world-scale declarations. The song's Korean title, 작은 것들을 위한 시, literally means "A Poem for Small Things," and it is written as a parallel to their 2014 track "Boy in Luv" (Wikipedia). Per Billboard, the song's idea is that true strength and love come from finding joy in the smallest things in life (Wikipedia); it appears on the 2019 EP Map of the Soul: Persona.

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