Artist: 방탄소년단 (BTS)
Song: Rain (English Translation)
Album: Dark&Wild
Year: 2014
Lyrics:
(Above the rainy Seoul painted a deep color)
The racing cars, the umbrellas squirming everywhere
The weather is cloudy, the air is clear
(The rain stops, and reflected in the puddle)
The me in a light grey background, why did I stop here
I don’t know if I have a lot of thoughts or none at all
Around the time when it turns bright outside, I wake up
I run a hand, thick with tiredness, through my hair continuously
The memo pad with the song that I couldn’t finish last night
I’ll finish it today, I squeeze my eyes shut and heave out a sigh
What can I say as an excuse? I try to make up some words
Since I couldn’t do it anyway, I simply make up any old words
The window to which I turn my gaze is all a shade of gray
The gray building in a gray city, gray rain on the gray streets
Everything in this world is slow
My little sister who’s woken up keeps slurring her words
Keep opening and closing the poor refrigerator door
At the strange loneliness that flows over me
I think that I should go outside, first
Without a single umbrella
The sound of the rain reaching the earth is clear
I let out a snort of laughter, this is the best background music
Like a crazy person I hum under my breath
I wonder what time it is
Above the rainy Seoul painted a deep color
The me who is still unable to sleep becomes blurred
The rain stops, and reflected in the puddle
The me who looks especially forlorn today is painted
On the rainy night, the rain that knocks at the window beats on my heart
The text message I check while gripping my aching shoulder, “How are you these days?”
The text about my well-being from my friend makes me turn sentimental
Smelling the damp smell of the raindrops
I stretch, then head to the bathroom,
Before greeting my half-awake self inside the mirror
Although I have no one to go meet, I still take an even longer shower
Outside the dorm, it’s still raining
Even though I have no place to go, really, I take up my umbrella
And walk outside without a destination
On the dirtied shoes, the rain leaves its mark as if announcing its presence
Just like this, was I someone who left my mark on you like the rain
Or if that’s not the case, was I perhaps
Just a presence that came and left like a sudden shower
Above the rainy Seoul painted a deep color
The me who is still unable to sleep becomes blurred
The rain stops, and reflected in the puddle
The me who looks especially forlorn today is painted
I raise up my body, and when I look at the window, feeling stiff,
Just as if my body predicted it, it’s raining
Looking at the raindrops forming on the windowpane, I feel it
They’re like the tears that ran through my heart
It’s strange, when I look outside, it’s like my situation
At the rain that falls like a melody, everyone is in andante
I get ready and go out, spread wide open the umbrella that was as crumpled as my facial expression
And the moment I hear the rain while walking,
(I wonder) Who is this rain falling for?
Upon the lonely gray cement, the sound of beating hits
Come slow down
Above the rainy Seoul painted a deep color
The me who is still unable to sleep becomes blurred
The rain stops, and reflected in the puddle
The me who looks especially forlorn today is painted
Even once this rain stops, even after the clouds fade away
I’m still standing here, looking just the same as this
Without saying a word, I look down at the world
There, the me who cannot be beautiful is staring back at me
Credits to: bts-trans