Once in a while, as a practice for both my language and translating skills, I would find something to translate (Kor-Eng), be it lyrics or quotes or anything else that doesn’t take too much of my time. Of course, they have to be meaningful at the same time. Today, it’s Ailee’s debut song, Heaven, which is gaining a lot of love in Korea and the rest of Asia right now. I was actually a little late in discovering this awesome song and regretted not opening up to her when she first released this song in February. I really love the beginning of the song in which her voice and melody really pull you into the song.
Heaven (English translations by me)
Where you’re at, I’ll be there too
Where you go, I’ll go there too
I smile everyday for you, I pray for you
I fall asleep thinking of you, I wake up calling your name
Stay by my side and stick up for me
You are my heaven
You’re my only way
I only want you, I am thankful for being by your side
You’re the only one babe
I am happy to be with you who showed me what love is in this harsh world
Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven x2
If we’re together, we will never cry never never cry
Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven x2
Together, forever, never gonna be alone
I breathe in your arms, we kiss in your arms
I feel like I’m dreaming listening to your voice
I can tell from your eyes, I can know your love
You’re my heaven
You’re my only way
I only want you, I am thankful for being by your side
You’re the only one babe
I am happy to be with you who showed me what love is in this harsh world
Heaven, My only one, yeah, the one whom I’ll protect
Whatever sadness, whatever pain, if I’m with you
I do not envy anyone else… Hold my shaking hands
Because you are the reason I live
You’re my only way
I only want you, I am thankful for being by your side
You’re the only one babe
I am happy to be with you who showed me what love is in this harsh world
Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven x2
If we’re together, we will never cry never never cry
Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven Heaven x2
Together, forever, never gonna be alone
Oh, so alone.
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Words in purple are the original English lyrics. And click here for the original Korean lyrics. As you can see, there are quite a lot of original English lyrics and there wasn’t any difficult vocabulary, so it wasn’t really that difficult to translate. Even so, I’m still an amateur at translation, so I welcome any feedbacks from experienced translators, fellow language learners or just casual readers (to check English errors)! :)
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