First Breakup

“Don’t look back, don’t be weak, when time passes it will be all right. Don’t come near me, don’t make me suffer, it won’t be easy but I will forget you. I take out your photo that I gathered one by one, and I cry. The pains come to me one by one, and I try to remove them. But it doesn’t seem to work, I guess this is what breakup is.” –Hi.ni, I Wanna See You (OST. The 3^rd Hospital) [translated lyrics]

Penyanyi solo wanita asal Korea Selatan yang terkenal dengan nama panggung Hi.ni, merilis debut single-nya pada bulan September 2012. Lagu yang berjudul “I Wanna See You” ini sekaligus menjadi theme song bagi serial drama “The 3^rd Hospital”. CJ Entertainment mengunggah official music video (MV) dari lagu ini ke dalam akun resmi situs Youtube mereka pada tanggal 12 September 2012.

“I Wanna See You” secara eksplisit menggambarkan perasaan seseorang yang tengah mengalami patah hati untuk pertama kalinya. When there’s a first love, then there’s a first breakup. After the separation, people tend to convince themselves for not looking back and being weak. They tend to believe that everything will be okay as the time goes by. After the heart-breaking split up, people find it hard to face that person, because somehow it’s torturing. Although it will be hard, they believe that they will forget some way. But then reality hits them hard. Those memories of the day spent together keep coming back, no matter how hard they try to erase and forget them. As that person keeps fading away, they keep holding onto memories. “Even if I wanna see you, even if I miss you a lot, I have to stand it, I have to endure it.” And all that left is pain.

MV dari lagu “I Wanna See You” berisi potongan-potongan gambar dari serial drama “The 3^rd Hospital”. MV ini menyoroti kisah cinta karakter yang diperankan oleh aktris sekaligus personil Girls’ Generation, Choi Sooyoung, beserta karakter-karakter lain dalam serial tersebut. Hi.ni’s beautiful yet sorrowful voice gives a soul to this sad song. Indeed, this song is a heart-wrenching one.

“It doesn’t seem I can, it doesn’t seem I can bury you. You keep going further, further away. I keep looking for you like I’m crazy.” –Hi.ni, I Wanna See You (OST. The 3^rd Hospital) [translated lyrics]

* Ditulis sambil mendengarkan lagu “I Wanna See You” oleh Hi.ni, yang merupakan OST dari serial drama “The 3^rd Hospital”. Lirik lagu berupa romanisasi dari huruf Hangul Korea, beserta dengan translasinya ke dalam Bahasa Inggris.

“Dorabojima yakhaejijima sigani jinamyeon gwaenchanhajil geoya
(Don’t look back, don’t be weak, when time passes it will be all right)

Dagaojima himdeulge hajima swipjin anketjiman neoreul jiullae

(Don’t come near me, don’t make me suffer, it won’t be easy but I will forget you)

Han jang du jang moadwotdeon neoui sajineul kkeonaeboda ureosseo

(I take out your photo that I gathered one by one, and I cry)

Hana dul ssik millyeooneun i apeumdeureul eobsaeboryeo haebwasseo

(The pains come to me one by one, and I try to remove them)

Geuge andoena bwa ige ibyeoringa bwa

(But it doesn’t seem to work, I guess this is what breakup is)

Niga bogo sipeunde neomu bogo sipeunde

(Even if I wanna see you, even if I miss you a lot)

Igeol chamanaeya hae igeol gyeondyeonaeya hae

(I have to stand it, I have to endure it)

Kkeutnan sarangijanha dasin bol su eobtjanha

(It is an ended love, I can’t see you again)

Teong bin haru ije naneun eotteoke apa

(An empty day, what can I do now? It hurts)

Hanjan dujan biwodaemyeo sureul masyeoya jameul jal su isseosseo

(Only after I drink alcohol emptying one shot and another, I could go to bed)

Kkumman gatdeon neowa hamkkehan sigandeureul ijeoboryeo haebwasseo

(Those dream-like times that I had with you, I try to forget them)

Geuge andoena bwa jinjja ibyeoringa bwa

(But it doesn’t seem to work, I guess it really is a breakup)

Naneun andoena bwa andoena bwa neol mudeul su eomna bwa

(It doesn’t seem I can, it doesn’t seem I can bury you)

Gyesok meoreojinda deo meoreojyeo ganda neol michin deut chatneunda

(You keep going further, further away, I keep looking for you like I’m crazy)

Gaji marayo gaji marayo

(Don’t go, don’t go away)
Kkeuchin geoni da kkeutnaneun geoni tto ibyeoringa bwa

(Is it over? Is it all over? I guess it is a breakup again)

Bogo sipeunde neomu bogo sipeunde

(Even if I wanna see, even if I miss you a lot)
Igeol chamanaeya hae igeol gyeondyeonaeya hae

(I have to stand it, I have to endure it)

Sumi makhil geot gata ije naneun eotteoke

(It feels like choking, what can I do now?)

Saragani ije honjain geoni apa

(How can I live that am I alone now? It hurts)”