#bts sea

[a-pop-of-korean]

hii!! could you please do a lyrical breakdown of Sea by BTS?thank u sm!

Hi! Here it is--thank you for the request and your patience! If anyone else has a request, let me know!

I referred to Naver Dictionary, this video, and Genius's translation of this song to help me out! I will also link my full-length lessons of the grammar points throughout if you want more info on them!

Vocabulary

바다 = Sea

해변 = Beach

모래 = Sand

여전히 = Still

사막 = Desert

들이키다 = To bring close

푸르다 = To be blue

파도 = Wave

느끼다 = To feel

아직도 = Still

바람 = Wind

희망 = Hope

절망 = Despair; hopelessness

진짜 = Real; really

가짜 = Fake

시련 = Hardship; trials

불안하다 = To be anxious

아름답다 = To be beautiful

반드시 = Certainly

신기루 = Mirage

두렵다 = To be afraid

Grammar

I don't know, I don't know / 내가 지금 파도를 느끼고 있는지, yeah / I don't know, I don't know / 아직도 모래바람에 쫓기고 있는지, yeah / I don't know, I don't know / 바다인지 사막인지 희망인지 절망인지 / 진짜인지 가짜인지

I don't know, I don't know / If I'm feeling the sea right now, yeah / I don't know, I don't know / Or if I'm still being chased by the sandstorm, yeah / I don't know, I don't know / Whether it's the sea, the desert, hope, or despair / Whether it's real or fake

-고 있다

This is the present progressive form in Korean. We know it in English as -ing. 느끼다 means "to feel," while 느끼고 있다 means "feeling." 쫓기다 means "to be chased," while 쫓기고 있다 means "being chased."

-ㄴ/는지

This is attached to stems to mean "whether" or "if." In contexts like this, it is used with verbs 알다 (to know) and 모르다 (to not know). The lines 내가 지금 파도를 느끼고 있는지, yeah / I don't know, I don't know, mean "I don't know if I'm feeling the waves right now." To write this in full Korean, you would just put 모르다 after 있는지.

불안하더라도 사막일지라도 / 아름다운 나미브 사막이라고

Even if you're anxious, even if it's a desert / It's the beautiful Namib Desert

-더라도

-더라도 is similar to -아/어/여도 and means "even though/if." I think a difference between the two would be that -더라도 sounds a little stronger, kind of like the word "despite" in English.

희망이 있는 곳엔 반드시 시련이 있네

Where there is hope, there is always hardship

[verb stem] + 는 + [noun]

This is the structure used to describe nouns with verbs (aka putting verbs into their noun-modifying form). 희망 is "hope," 있다 means "to be there," and "곳" means "place." Altogether, it means "the place where hope is" or "where there is hope."

-네(요)

This sentence ending expresses surprise or admiration. In this case, this line could be expressing surprise at the fact that there is always hardship where there is hope.

바다인줄 알았던 여기는 되려 사막이었고 / 별거 없는 중소아이돌이 두번째 이름이었어

I thought this was a sea, but it's a desert / A small, ordinary idol was my second name

-ㄴ/은/는/ㄹ 줄 알다

This structure expresses that you thought something was the case, but in reality, it is not. This line essentially means "I thought this place was a sea but it's a desert." Your original thought conflicts with reality.

[verb stem] + 았/었/였던

This is one way to turn verbs into their noun-modifying form in the past tense. This is pretty similar to just adding -ㄴ/은 to the stem. Use this structure when the action has been completed and you are no longer doing it. 바다인 줄 알았던 여기, to translate literally, means "this place that I thought was a sea." This implies that he no longer thinks that this place is a sea.

울고 싶지 않아 / 쉬고 싶지 않아 / 아니 조금만 쉬면 어때 / 아니 아니 아니 / 지고 싶지 않아 / 원래 사막이잖아 / 그럼 달려야지 뭐 / 더 우울해야지 뭐

I don't want to cry / I don't want to rest / Well how about resting for just a bit? / No no no / I don't want to lose / It's always been a desert / Then I'll run / Then I'll be more depressed

[verb stem] + 고 싶다

This structure means "to want to [verb]." 울고 싶다 means "to want to cry, for example. Attaching -지 않다 to the stem of 싶다 negates it; 울고 싶지 않다 means "to not want to cry."

-(으)면

This structure means "if." 조금만 쉬면 어때 literally means, "how is it if we rest for just a bit?" This essentially means "how about we rest for a bit?"

-잖아(요)

This sentence ending is used when the speaker presents information to the listener that they should already know. It kind of has the nuance of "you know..." 원래 사막이잖아 means "it's always been a desert" and implies that the listener would agree/already knows this fact.

-지 뭐

This is a colloquial way of saying "I guess" or "whatever" or "oh well" according to Go Billy Korean. It expresses that nothing can be done about the situation you're talking about. 그럼 달려야지 뭐 means "so I'll run" and 더 우울해야지 뭐 means "I'll be more depressed" according to the lyric video linked above. This is essentially saying that nothing can be down about this.

That's about it for this breakdown--I hope it was helpful! See you in the next lesson! 화이팅!

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7 Summers at the Sea | bts | series masterlist

Spending the summer by the sea might bring with it more than just the sweet summer breeze of the salty ocean.

→ AUs: mermaid!au (they are mermen!), fantasy, magical → Genres: slice of life, humor/crack, drama, smut and fluff → Rating: mature/explicit/R18 (this is mature/explicit content, so minors, please do not interact.) → Taglist: do you want to be added to the taglist? Just drop a comment or send an ask (remember to tell me if you want to be tagged in all, one or more members). → Read on AO3 → Author’s note: hi!!!! I love mermaid stories, and I don’t think there’s enough out there, so here’s me creating my own 🧜 This is a collection of mermaid stories for each member of bangtan! They are one-shots and stand-alone, but operate in the same universe ✨

🌊Namjoon You’ve been searching for gemstones deep on the seabed— having found a broken piece of blue aquamarine. Searching for the missing piece and your new rival, you find it and much more with the blue tailed merman Namjoon while on a quest for crystals. → Deep Dive [19.8k]

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The list will be updated as I post them ✨ 

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[bts-trans]

[KOR/ENG LYRICS] Sea by BTS

어찌어찌 걸어 바다에 왔네 Somehow I kept walking and reached the sea

이 바다에서 나는 해변을 봐 From the sea, I look to the shore

무수한 모래알과 매섭고 거친 바람 Countless grains of sand and the fierce wind

여전히 나는 사막을 봐 As always, I see the desert

바다 갖고 싶어 널 온통 들이켰어 I wanted the sea so I drank all of you down

근데 그 전보다 더 목이 말라 But I’m even thirstier than I was before

내가 다 아는 것이 진정 바다인가 Is what I know really the sea?

아니면 푸른 사막인가 (I don't know) Or is it a blue desert (I don’t know)

I don't know, I don't know

내가 지금 파도를 느끼고 있는지, yeah If what I feel right now are the waves, yeah

I don't know, I don't know

아직도 모래바람에 쫓기고 있는지, yeah If I am still being chased by a sandstorm, yeah

I don't know, I don't know

바다인지 사막인지 If this is the sea or the desert

희망인지 절망인지 If this is hope or despair

진짜인지 가짜인지, shit If this is real or fake, shit

I know, I know 지금 내 시련을 I know, I know, these trials I’m facing now

I know, I know 이겨낼 것을 I know, I know, that I will overcome them

I know, I know 나야말로 I know, I know, that it’s me

���가 의지할 곳이란 것을, yeah I'm the place you can turn to, yeah

좋게 생각해 마른침 삼켜 Look on the bright side, your throat runs dry

불안하더라도 사막일지라도 You’re anxious, but even then, if it’s the desert

아름다운 나미브 사막이라고 It’s the beautiful Namib desert

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

Yeah, yeah

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

(SUGA)

Yeah, yeah

바다인줄 알았던 여기는 되려 사막이었고 What I thought was a sea was actually desert

별거 없는 중소아이돌이 두번째 이름이었어 “Small-name idols who aren’t much” was our second name

방송에 짤리기는 뭐 부지기수 We were cut from broadcast, what, a million times?

누구의 땜빵이 우리의 꿈 Standing in for someone else was our dream

어떤 이들은 회사가 작아서 제대로 못 뜰거래 Some said we wouldn't make it big because we came from such a small company

I know, I know 나도 알어 I know, I know I know that too

한방에서 일곱이 잠을 청하던 시절도 (시절도) The seven of us having to share a room back then (back then)

잠이 들기전에 내일은 다를거란 믿음도 (믿음도) Holding onto the belief that tomorrow would be different (the belief too)

사막의 신기루 형태는 보이지만 잡히지는 않았고 We could see the shape of this desert's mirage but we couldn’t grasp it and

끝이 없던 이 사막에서 살아남길 빌어 We prayed that we would survive in this endless desert

현실이 아니기를 빌어 We pray that it wasn’t our reality

결국 신기루는 잡히고 현실이 됐고 (됐고) In the end, we grasped onto the mirage and it became reality (became reality)

두렵던 사막은 우리의 피 땀 눈물로 채워 바다가 됐어 (됐어) Our blood, sweat, and tears filled up the desert we had feared and turned it into an ocean (into an ocean)

그런데 이 행복들 사이에 (사이에) But amidst all this happiness (this happiness)

이 두려움 들은 뭘까 (뭘까) What are all these fears? (What are they?)

원래 이곳은 사막이란걸 우린 너무 잘 알아 (알아) We know too well that this was once a desert (we know)

울고 싶지 않아 I don't want to cry

쉬고 싶지 않아 I don't want to rest

아니 조금만 쉬면 어때 No wait, how about resting for just a bit?

아니 아니 아니 No no no

지고 싶지 않아 I don't want to lose

원래 사막이잖아 This was originally a desert

그럼 달려야지 뭐 Then I have to just keep running, of course

더 우울해야지 뭐 I should be sadder, of course

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

Yeah, yeah

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

Ocean, desert

The world

Everything is the same thing

Different name

I see ocean, I see desert

I see the world

Everything is the same thing

But with different name

It's life again

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

반드시 시련이 있네 There must be trials too

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

Yeah, yeah

희망이 있는 곳엔 Where there is hope

You know, you know

You know, you know

우린 절망해야해 We have to despair

그 모든 시련을 위해 (절망이 있네) For all those trials (there is despair)

우린 절망해야해 We have to despair

그 모든 시련을 위해 For all those trials

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What on earth was that chin grab? Peat didn't even react. He's so used to this insanely clingy behaviour, he just let's Fort have his way with him.

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