Hello Goodbye

“The road where two of us walked on seems lonely today. Those times we looked like characters in fairytales. Rewinding time so that I can travel back to the days we smiled and cried.” –Girls’ Generation–TTS, Goodbye, Hello [translated lyrics]

Subunit pertama dari front-liner of South Korean girl groups, Girls’ Generation alias SNSD, merilis mini album pertamanya bertajuk “Twinkle”. Album ini dirilis pada tanggal 29 April 2012. Subunit yang diberi nama Girls’ Generation–TTS alias TaeTiSeo ini terdiri dari leader Taeyeon, Tiffany, dan maknae Seohyun. Dalam album ini terdapat sebuah lagu berjudul “Goodbye, Hello”. Lagu ini ditulis liriknya oleh Kim Boo Min, dengan aransemen musik dari komposer Hitchhiker.

This song tells about a girl who not being able to believe that she went through a break-up the day before. As she wakes up in the morning, the picture of her boy saying goodbye suddenly appears in her mind. That morning, she doesn’t feel sleepy at all. Even her coffee seems like more bitter than it used to be. While staring blankly at his photo, she whispers to herself that everything’s going to be alright, that she could get through it somehow. She feels strange and questioning why there must be someone who hurts more than other when a relationship ends. Is love a bad thing? Are all her sacrifices all these times not enough? Why does it bring so much pain in the end? In her thoughts, moments that she spent with him keep appearing as she walks down the street they used to walk together. Now, the street feels so empty. She feels sorry for herself that she thinks that way, that her mind still lingers around him. She could only wish that he never said goodbye, and nothing changed between them, and everything stayed as it used to be when she wakes up in the morning.

“Goodbye, Hello” is a track with a shuffle rhythm, a pop R n’ B which is combined with bubblegum mid-tempo ballad. Cuplikan dari lagu ini ditampilkan pada akhir music video (MV) dari title track “Twinkle”.Vokal Taeyeon, Tiffany, dan Seohyun berpadu manis dalam lagu ini, membuat para pendengar tidak akan menyangka bahwa lagu ini adalah lagu sendu sebelum memahami arti liriknya. Meskipun liriknya galau, melodi “Goodbye, Hello” sangatlah mood-boosting.

“Hands that hold tight must not let go, eyes must be closed so that I can kiss you. When we meet again in next life, words that promise to be forever together. Hello, only say these words. Do not tell me goodbye. There is no such goodbye to us. Never say goodbye, hello.” –Girls’ Generation–TTS, Goodbye, Hello [translated lyrics]

* Ditulis sambil mendengarkan lagu “Goodbye, Hello” oleh Girls’ Generation–TTS (TaeTiSeo). Lirik lagu berupa romanisasi dari huruf Hangul Korea, beserta dengan translasinya ke dalam Bahasa Inggris. Kata “annyeong” dalam Bahasa Korea dapat berarti “hello” atau “goodbye” dalam Bahasa Inggris.

“Nuneul tteo achimi nogeuhae

(Open my eyes, the morning is knocking)
Jantteuk heurin eojesbameun machi eoptdeonkeotcheoreom

(Last night stays vague in my memory, seems like a bunch of clouds)
Say hello, itjanha ajing nameun mari neomu manheunde

(Say hello, I’m here, I still have many things to say)
Meonghage ne sajinman bone

(Only able to stare at your photo with an empty mind)

Kkok jabeun son jeoldae nohjima kkok kameun nun giseuhaejullae

(Hands that hold tight must not let go, eyes must be closed so that I can kiss you)
Dashi tashi taeyeonado uri mannaseo

(When we meet again in next life)
Yeongwonhi hamkke hajadeon mal

(Words that promise to be forever together)
Geu ipsullo naege marhadeon majimag annyeongiraneun mal

(Words from your lips telling me, “This is our last goodbye,”)
Uriege keureon annyeongeun eopseo

(There is no such goodbye to us)
Never say goodbye, hello

Isanghae chami ojianhko

(Strangely I’m not sleepy)
Jeil chowahadeon coffeeneun sseugo talgimanhankeol

(My favorite coffee only tastes bitter and sweet)
Gwaehnchanha gwaehnchanha hanbeoncheum nuguna kkyeoknneun ilira

(It’s okay, it’s okay, everyone has been through this process)
Jakkuman honjanmalman hane

(Only able to whisper to myself)

Duri hamkke keoddeon i geori oneulttara sseulsseurhae boyeo
(The road where two of us walked on, seems lonely today)

Kachi machi yeonghwah sokye juwinkong cheoreom

(Those times we looked like characters in fairytales)
Utko uldeon eojero shikyereul dollyeonwah

(Rewinding time so that I can travel back to the days we smiled and cried)
Annyeong hello keu malman haejwo annyeong goodbye keu mareun hajima

(Annyeong hello, only say these words, do not tell me annyeong goodbye)
Uriegen geureon annyeongeun eopseo

(There is no such goodbye to us)

Cham isanghae waeh deo saranghaneun sarami

(It’s indeed strange, that sacrifice more in love)
Waeh deo apaya haneunji sarangi nappeunkeoni

(Why must they feel more hurt, is love a bad thing?)
Why niga anin nainji

(Why it is me not you)
Mianhae eoriseogeun sarangeul

(Sorry about my foolish love)

(Why) kkok jabeun son jeoldae nohjima kkok kameun nun giseuhaejullae

((Why) Hands that hold tight must not let go, eyes must be closed so that I can kiss you)
Dashi tashi taeyeonado uri mannaseo (never say goodbye, hello)

(When we meet again in next life (never say goodbye, hello))
Yeongwonhi hamkke hajadeon mal

(Words that promise to be forever together)
Annyeong hello keu malman haejwo (hello)

(Annyeong hello, only say these words (hello))

Annyeong goodbye keu mareun hajima (hello)

(Do not tell me annyeong goodbye)

Uriegen geureon annyeongeun eopseo (hello)

(There is no such goodbye to us (hello))
Oh hello, never say goodbye, hello”