Back to You
Thursday, September 25, 2014
“How
many times have passed as I wandered in the darkness? With my heart that had
already closed, time just passed away. I thought that I would forgot all the
things that I wanted to forget. But every time I turn my head, I always clearly
remember your tearful face.” –Byun Jin Sub, Back to You [translated lyrics]
Byun
Jin Sub adalah salah satu penyanyi legendaris Korea Selatan yang albumnya
terjual hingga lebih dari satu juta salinan. Salah satu lagu hits-nya yang paling terkenal bertajuk
“Back to You”, hingga tulisan ini dibuat telah ditampilkan dalam program acara
musik “Immortal Songs 2: Singing the Legend” sebanyak dua kali. Yang pertama
adalah pada episode 91, yang merupakan edisi spesial di mana Byun hadir sebagai
legenda. Episode ini ditayangkan di stasiun televisi KBS pada tanggal 9 Maret
2013, serta pada tanggal 30 Maret 2013 di channel
KBS World. Yang kedua adalah pada episode 163, yaitu bagian pertama dari edisi
spesial “Million-Seller”, di mana
para penampil yang hadir membawakan lagu-lagu hits yang albumnya terjual hingga jutaan salinan. Episode ini
mengudara pada tanggal 30 Agustus 2014 di stasiun televisi KBS, serta di channel KBS World pada tanggal 20
September 2014. “Back to You” dibawakan oleh male vocal duo 2BiC pada episode 91, sedangkan pada episode 163
lagu ini ditampilkan oleh rocker
ternama Korea Selatan, Kim Kyung Ho.
Since the first time I
heard this song, somehow
I already had this feeling that its lyrics have a sad meaning. Well, it always can be heard from the melody, sometimes. And my feeling
turns out to be true. “Back to You”
is a song about regret. It is a song
that tells about someone who finds himself in regret of letting go the person
who loved him unconditionally. “How many times have passed as I wandered in
the darkness? With my heart that had already closed, time just passed away. I
thought that I would forgot all the things that I wanted to forget. But every
time I turn my head, I always clearly remember your tearful face.” Regret always comes late, doesn’t it? It took many nights of wandering, it took many times that had passed away, before he finally could realize that he could never forget about her,
and those pain he left for her that
streaming down along in her tears. “Even when I leave without a word, or
with my harsh words that could only hurting you, you used to look upon my deep
wandering with your never changing warm eyes. Why was it so hard for me to come
back to you again? Just now I’ve realized that I couldn’t leave you until the
day I die.” The thing that hurts the most
is the fact that she was the one who truly loved him, despite all of his lacks and cruel acts, inspite of all those scars he gave her; and he would never find someone like her again in his lifetime. And now he has been left alone with one
question; why was it so hard for him
to come back to her again back then? Now
after he realizes that he could never leave her, he finds himself crawling back to her, all over again.
“Back
to You” dirilis pertama kali pada tahun 1989 sebagai title song dari album kedua Byun Jin Sub. This song made him an A-lister singer. It became an inspiration for the 1999 movie titled “Back to You” which
was starring Choi Soo Jong, Ha Hui Ra,
and Kim Min Jong. Album kedua Byun
tersebut meledak di pasaran, dan berkat lagu “Back to You”, ia menyabet
penghargaan untuk kategori tertinggi, yaitu Daesang
(Grand Prize) dalam helatan ajang Golden Disk Awards, pada tahun 1989 dan
1990 berturut-turut. Pada tahun 1990, Byun berhasil meraih penghargaan untuk
kategori Singer of the Year dalam
ajang penghargaan bergengsi, KBS Music
Awards. Versi original lagu “Back
to You” adalah lagu ballad yang
menonjolkan vokal Byun. Pada program “Immortal Songs 2” episode 91, lagu ini
dibawakan oleh 2BiC dengan aransemen R n’
B ballad. This duo, consisting of Ji Hwan and Jun Hyung, showed a deep ringing and delicate emotions
through their performance. Sementara itu, pada episode 163, Kim Kyung Ho
menampilkan “Back to You” dengan aransemen rock
ballad. That was what happened when the
best rocker met ballad music; an
explosive performance, a powerful voice
and desperate cries at the same time. Besides
the original version, I also love Kim
Kyung Ho’s version, just because I
prefer rock arrangement to any other genres. Indeed, “Back to You” is a
masterpiece. No matter how the
arrangement turns it out, it always
has this familiar basic melody, like
every other legendary song. Above all,
the melancholic melody of “Back to You”
is epicly everlasting.
“Even
when I leave without a word, or with my harsh words that could only hurting
you, you used to look upon my deep wandering with your never changing warm
eyes. Why was it so hard for me to come back to you again? Just now I’ve
realized that I couldn’t leave you until the day I die.” –Byun Jin Sub,
Back to You [translated lyrics]
“Geu eolmana oraen
siganeul jiteun eodumeseo seoseonggeoryeotna
(How
many times have passed as I wandered in the darkness?)
Naemaeumeul
datadunchaero hemaeida heulleogan sigan
(With
my heart that had already closed, time just passed away)
Idgosipdeon
modeunildeuleun ttaeron idjeundeuti saenggakdwaetjiman
(I
thought that I would forgot all the things that I wanted to forget)
Gogae jeoeodo
tteooreuneun geon nareul bodeon jeodeun geu eolgul
(But
every time I turn my head, I always clearly remember your tearful face)
Amureon maleobsi
tteonabeoryeodo ttaeroneun mojinmallo meongdeurimyeo ullyeodo
(Even
when I leave without a word, or with my harsh words that could only hurting
you)
Nae gipeun banghwangeul
byeonhameobsi ttatteuthan nuneuro jikyeobodeon neo
(You
used to look upon my deep wandering with your never changing warm eyes)
Neoegero ttodasi
doraogikkajiga waeiri himdeureotseulkka
(Why
was it so hard for me to come back to you again?)
Ije naneun aratseo
naega jukneunnalkkaji neol tteonalsu eobdaneun geol
(Just
now I’ve realized that I couldn’t leave you until the day I die)”
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