Heartbreaking Wish
Monday, January 12, 2015
Life
is a never ending battle with ourselves. Every battle is worth fighting for,
since it’s the way we get mature in the process. It’s not the matter of winning
or losing, it’s about whether we could learn from the battle itself. Shannon L.
Alder said that, the only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting
go. Well I say, indeed that’s the toughest battle. Between hanging on and
letting go; The Remembered and The
Forgotten; sometimes we don’t realize that it’s not the person whom we’re
hanging onto or letting go of, but it’s the feeling; our own feeling towards
that person. Both have its own consequences, both aren’t easy path to walk on,
yet in a battle, a man has to choose. It’s okay to hang on. It isn’t wrong to
let go.
“I can’t
forget you, and you know that. With falling tears, I still remember you. I’m
sorry that I couldn’t be patient and always put you down.” –Lee So Ra, Please (제발)
Hanging
on is not losing. For you who choose to hang on with all of its consequences, I
present you one of the saddest ballad songs, titled “Please (제발)”. Sung by one of the
most beautiful vocals of Korea, Lee So Ra, it was first released on December 2000
as the lead single of Lee’s 4th studio album. The highlight of the song is
Lee’s emotional voice, which blends so well with the sad melody of the song. It
has been covered by many other great ballad singers, including Park Hyo Shin,
Lee Soo Young, Lee Seung Gi, Kim Bum Soo, Lyn, and many more.
“Please
(제발)”
is a song about longing for the past lover; a heartbreaking wish to come back
and start all over again. When there are so many things we’ve spent together
with our past lover, those can’t be easily forgotten. Thus, that person can’t
be easily replaced. “You said I was the
only one you wanted. Therefore the memories of our laughter and tears, they
shouldn’t be erased by another love. I don’t want our memories fade away.” The
funny thing about love is, the person whom we love so much is the person who has
the greatest chance to hurt us. And after growing apart with that person,
that’s when we realized that there are so many things we’re sorry for. And
then, there’s this feeling, a will to get back for good and fix everything. “It’s not like we can talk about everything,
so listen to these last words I’m about to say. The more I loved you, the more
I got upset with you, and I’m sorry for that.” If someone is really meant
for us, no matter how far they’ve gone and how long you’ve been separated, I
believe that they will find their way back to us. Yet, we are human. We have a
limit and we can’t wait forever. “I hope
you’ll find your way back to me somehow. I beg that we could start all over
again from the beginning. I say that I’ll be waiting for you, but don’t take
too long. Don’t go farther away from me, come closer, please.” If you
really need them, then tell them. A wish-comes-true can’t be achieved just by
praying, but it needs an effort too.
In
the 168th installment of entertainment music program, “Immortal Songs 2:
Singing the Legend”, “Please (제발)”
was performed as a duet collaboration between two prominent ballad male
singers, Yoon Min Soo and Shin Young Jae. The episode was the “Best Duo
Special: Singing the Love”, which was aired on KBS television station on
October 11th 2014, and later was broadcasted by KBS World channel on November
1st 2014. With their breathtakingly heartwrenching rendition, Yoon and Shin
were able to take home the winning trophy of that episode.
“I
hope you won’t forget and come back to me someday. Think about how painful our
hearts will break if we stay apart. I say that I’ll be waiting for you, but
don’t take too long. Don’t go farther away from me, come closer, please.”
–Lee So Ra, Please (제발)
“Itjji mothae neoreul
itjjanha ajik tto nunmul heullimyeo neol saenggakhae
(I
can’t forget you, and you know that, with falling tears, I still remember you)
Neul chamji mothago
tujeongburin geot mianhae
(I’m
sorry that I couldn’t be patient and always put you down)
Naman weonhandago
haetjjanha geureoke utkko ureottteon gieoktteuri
(You
said I was the only one you wanted, therefore the memories of our laughter and
tears)
Dareun sarangeuro
ichyeojyeo jiweojineunge nan shireo
(They
shouldn’t be erased by another love, I don’t want our memories fade away)
Eotteokedeun dashi doraogil
butakhae cheoeumeuro dashi doragagil baralkke
(I
hope you’ll find your way back to me somehow, I beg that we could start all
over again from the beginning)
Gidarilge mareun
hajiman neomu neujeojimyeoneun andwae meoreojijima deo gakkai jebal
(I
say that I’ll be waiting for you, but don’t take too long, don’t go farther
away from me, come closer, please)
Modeungeol maral su
eopjjanha majimak yaegil halteni jom deureobwa
(It’s
not like we can talk about everything, so listen to these last words I’m about
to say)
Manhi saranghamyeon
halsurok hwaman nae seo deo mianhae
(The
more I loved you, the more I got upset with you, and I’m sorry for that)
Eonjenganeun dashi doraogil
butakhae heeojimyeon gaseum apeulgeora saenggakhae
(I
hope you won’t forget and come back to me someday, think about how painful our
hearts will break if we stay apart)
Gidarilge mareun
hajiman neomu neujeojimyeoneun andwae meoreojijima deo gakkai jebal
(I
say that I’ll be waiting for you, but don’t take too long, don’t go farther
away from me, come closer, please)”
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