Because You Loved Me First (먼저 사랑했으니까) - KP/ENG

(Instrumental – slow piano arpeggio, soft strings swelling gently)

“Mmm… yeah… oh-oh, woo-oo…”

“Ahh… saranghae…” (whispered ‘I love you’)

(4-bar instrumental lead-in, piano flows into verse)

너의 눈빛 속에 난 길을 찾았어

(Neo-ui nunbit soge nan gireul chajasseo)

I found my way inside your eyes.

작은 손길 하나로 세상이 멈췄어

(Jageun songil hanaro sesangi meomchwosseo)

With one small touch, the world stood still.

처음엔 몰랐지, 그 사랑이

(Cheoeumen mollatji, geu sarangi)

I didn’t know that love like this —

날 다르게 만들 거란 걸

(Nal dareuge mandeul georan geol)

— would change the person I am.

바람에 흩어지는 기억 속에

(Barame heuteojineun gieok soge)

In memories scattered through the wind,

아직도 네 목소리 들려

(Ajikdo ne moksori deullyeo)

I can still hear your voice.

먼저 사랑했으니까

(Meonjeo saranghaesseunikka)

Because you loved me first,

내 마음이 이렇게 살아있어

(Nae maeumi ireoke saraisseo)

My heart still breathes because of you.

시간이 데려가도

(Sigani deryeogado)

Even if time carries us away,

네 사랑은 지워지지 않아

(Ne sarangeun jiwojiji anha)

Your love will never fade.

우리가 걷던 그 길 위에서

(Uriga geotdeon geu gil wieseo)

On the road we used to walk together,

아직도 너의 발자국이 남아

(Ajikdo neo-ui baljagugi nama)

Your footprints still remain.

미소 짓던 그 순간마다

(Miso jitdeon geu sunganmada)

Every smile we shared —

이 가슴에 새겨졌어

(I gaseume saegyeojyeosseo)

— is carved deep in my heart.

잊으려 하면 할수록 선명해

(Ijeuryeo hamyeon halsurok seonmyeonghae)

The more I try to forget, the clearer you become.

사랑은 왜 이렇게 남을까

(Sarangeun wae ireoke nameulkka)

Why does love stay even when it’s gone?

먼저 사랑했으니까

(Meonjeo saranghaesseunikka)

Because you loved me first,

그 따뜻함이 나를 지켜줘

(Geu ttatteuthami nareul jikyeojwo)

That warmth still protects me now.

눈물 속의 약속도

(Nunmul sog-ui yaksokdo)

Even the promises in tears —

별빛처럼 내 안에 남아

(Byeolbich-cheoreom nae ane nama)

They remain in me like starlight.

사랑이 끝난 줄 알았는데

(Sarangi kkeutnan jul aranneunde)

I thought our love had ended,

그날 이후 난 알게 됐어

(Geunal ihu nan alge dwaesseo)

But after that day, I finally knew —

끝이 아니라

(Kkeuchi anira)

It wasn’t the end,

영원히 머문 사랑이란 걸

(Yeongwonhi meomun sarangiran geol)

It’s love that never leaves.

먼저 사랑했으니까

(Meonjeo saranghaesseunikka)

Because you loved me first,

난 다시 사랑을 믿게 됐어

(Nan dasi sarangeul mitge dwaesseo)

You taught me how to believe in love again.

세상이 날 몰라도

(Sesangi nal mollado)

Even if the world forgets me —

그 사랑은 나의 빛이야

(Geu sarangeun naui bichiya)

Your love will always be my light.

Because you loved me first…