About Love and Its Loneliness
Saturday, June 20, 2015 |
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Love
is a lonesome thing; they say. Whether it’s one-sided or not, when we love, we
love alone. Only ourselves know how deep we love. Only ourselves know how much
we would give in. Only ourselves know how we feel. Whether it’s unrequited or
not, love is a monologue with ourselves; a negotiation with ourselves. And only
ourselves understand how much it will hurt us when it become unrequited, or
when it has to be over. Only ourselves understand how deep it will linger and
haunt us down. Only ourselves understand how long it will take for us to be
healed and be fine. We lose ourselves in the things we love, yet we find
ourselves there too. If there’s one particular moment that human being will
remember for all time in their lives, it’s the moment when they learn about
love and its loneliness for the first time.
“Will
I be able to meet someone else and fall in love again? Because I don’t think
that I can. There’s one thing I don’t understand, still, to be in love with
someone, why it seems like such a lonely thing.” –Yang Hee Eun, About Love and Its Loneliness (사랑 그 쓸쓸함에 대하여)
Today’s
song for Moments Of Our Lives is
another Korean classic, titled “About Love and Its Loneliness (사랑
그
쓸쓸함에
대하여)”.
It was performed by Korean legendary female singer and musician, Yang Hee Eun,
and first released in 1991. Yang’s signature voice and a single guitar playing
in this song were impressive. She wrote the lyrics as the guitarist Lee Byung
Woo wrote a melody for it. Many singers, including Portuguese singer Bevinda,
had remade this song. “About Love and Its Loneliness (사랑
그
쓸쓸함에
대하여)”
has remained popular for more than 20 years since its first release, and
well-known as one of Yang’s biggest hits. The English translation for the song’s
title is also known as “About the Loneliness of Love”.
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| "1991" album cover - source: maniadb.com |
If there’s one particular moment that human being will remember for all time in their lives, it’s the moment when they learn about love and its loneliness for the first time. It’s what the lyrics of “About Love and Its Loneliness (사랑 그 쓸쓸함에 대하여)” tell us. “Will I be able to meet someone else and fall in love again? Because I don’t think that I can. There’s one thing I don’t understand, still, to be in love with someone, why it seems like such a lonely thing.” At some point in our lives, we meet someone, fall in love, and eventually go for separate ways. However, among many people we meet in this life, there are certain people that we know, even when they have left us, we will never be the same person again as we were before them. There are certain people that we know, when they left, they brought along our old selves with them. And when the love is already over, we realize that we will never love the same way again.
“At least once in our
lifetime, we meet someone unforgettable, and bid an unforgettable farewell.
There’s one thing I don’t understand, still, to love someone, why it seems like
such a lonely thing.” Perhaps the love is just too deep.
Perhaps it’s the first time we learn what love is and how to love and to be
loved. Perhaps we just understand, that time can’t be reverse and we will never
meet someone like them ever again. And that’s when we realize, that loving
someone is indeed a lonesome thing. That’s when we know that when a love dies,
a part of us is also dead with it. So long and goodbye for the old self. “When the love ends, the world also comes to
an end. Everything that used to shine for me, they lose their lights too.”
At least once in someone’s life, there’s a certain somebody that will leave
traces, printed forever in the heart, mind, and memory. Somebody that will make
someone learn about love and its loneliness, once and for a lifetime.
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| K.Will performed "About Love and Its Loneliness" on episode 56 of "Immortal Songs 2" |
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| Sweet Sorrow performed "About Love and Its Loneliness" on episode 178 of "Immortal Songs 2" |
“About
Love and Its Loneliness (사랑
그
쓸쓸함에
대하여)”
has been performed twice on the South Korea’s entertainment music program,
“Immortal Songs 2: Singing the Legend”, up until this date. The first one was
on episode 56, during the second part of two-episode Yang Hee Eun special, when it was performed by K.Will. It was aired
on KBS television station on June 23rd 2012 and on KBS World channel on July
14th 2012. The latest one was performed by male vocal group, Sweet Sorrow,
during the second Yang Hee Eun special.
That episode 178 was broadcasted by KBS television station on December 20th
2014 and by KBS World channel on January 10th 2015. With their mesmerizing a
cappella rendition of the song, Sweet Sorrow won the trophy for the episode.
“At
least once in our lifetime, we meet someone unforgettable, and bid an
unforgettable farewell. There’s one thing I don’t understand, still, to love
someone, why it seems like such a lonely thing.” –Yang Hee Eun, About Love and Its Loneliness (사랑 그 쓸쓸함에 대하여)
“Dasi tto nugungareul
mannaseo sarangeul hage doel su iseulkka
(Will
I be able to meet someone else and fall in love again?)
Geureol suneun eobseul
geot gata
(Because
I don’t think that I can)
Domuji al su eobneun han
gaji sarameul saranghage doeneun il
(There’s
one thing I don’t understand, still, to be in love with someone)
Cham sseulsseulhan irin
geot gata
(Why
it seems like such a lonely thing)
Sarangi kkeutnago nan
dwieneun isesangdo kkeutnago
(When
the love ends, the world also comes to an end)
Nal wihae bitnadeon modeun
geotdo geu bitjeul ireobeoryeo
(Everything
that used to shine for me, they lose their lights too)
Nuguna saneun dongane
hanbeon idji mothal sarameul mannago
(At
least once in our lifetime, we meet someone unforgettable)
Idji mothal ibyeoldo
haji
(And
bid an unforgettable farewell)
Domuji al su eobneun
han gaji sarameul saranghandaneun geuil
(There’s
one thing I don’t understand, still, to love someone)
Cham sseulsseulhan irin
geot gata
(Why
it seems like such a lonely thing)”
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