매일 돌아가본다고 
I go back every day

그때의 나로
To the me of the past

포기를 선택한 삶으로 
To a life where I had chosen to give up

날 놓아본다고
I let myself go

but 세상에는 있지 
But there are, in the world,

변하지 않는 마 진실
some unchanged truths

시간은 앞으로 흐른다는 것
The fact that time moves forward

만약은 없단 것
The fact that there are no ifs

까마득 잊을만하면 생각나 그 시절
Almost forgotten memories from long ago come to my mind

악마의 손길과 운명의 recall
The devil’s touch and fate’s recall

궁금해 아직도 왜 다시 불렀는지도
I’m still curious, why was I called upon again?

매일 ask me, guess it, 채찍, repeat oh 
Every day, ask me, guess it, whip it, repeat oh

변할 건 없다며 결국 또
Nothing will change, so in the end

걱정은 억지로 잠궈, close
I force myself to lock up my worries, close

‘How much love? How much joy?’

위안을 주며 stay calm, alone
I comfort myself and stay calm, alone

그래 I don’t care 전부 내 
Yeah well, I don’t care, it’s all

운명의 선택 so we’re here
chosen by my fate so we’re here

내 앞을 봐 the way is shinin’
Look ahead of me, the way is shinin’

Keep goin’ now

(Ready, set and begin)

그 길로 길로 길로
That way way way

Wherever my way

오직 ego, ego, ego
Only ego, ego, ego

Just trust myself

문득 스쳐 가는 j-hope이 아닌 정호석의 삶
It suddenly passes me by, my life as Jung Hoseok, not j-hope

희망이란 없고 후회만 가득했겠지 till I die
It must’ve been without hope, filled only with regrets till I die

내 춤은 뜬 구름을 잡을 뿐
My dance only chases after pipe dreams*

나의 꿈을 탓하고 살아 숨쉬는 것에 의문을 
Blaming my dreams, asking why I live and breathe

Oh my God

Uh time goes by

7년의 걱정이 드디어 입 밖으로
7 years of worries are finally out in the open

모두 해소되는 핍박
All oppression is resolved

가장 믿던 그들의 답은 내 심장으로
The answers of those I trust the most go into my heart

‘하나뿐인 hope 하나뿐인 soul’
‘Just one hope, just one soul’

‘하나뿐인 smile 하나뿐인 너’
‘Just one smile, just one you’

세상 그 진실에 확실해진 답
A definite answer to the truth of the world

변하지 않는 그 어떤 나
No part of me changes

Right

이젠 I don’t care 전부 내 
I don’t care now, it’s all

운명의 선택 so we’re here
chosen by my fate so we’re here

내 앞을 봐 the way is shinin’
Look ahead of me, the way is shinin’

Keep goin’ now

(Ready, set and begin)

그 길로 길로 길로
That way way way

Wherever my way

오직 ego, ego, ego
Only ego, ego, ego

Just trust myself

믿는대로 
What I believe in,

가는대로 (그 길로, 길로, 길로)
the way I go (that way, way, way)

운명이 됐고 
It became my fate,

중심이 됐어 (wherever my way)
it became my core (wherever my way)

힘든대로
As tough as it was

또 슬픈대로 (ego ego ego)
As sad as it was (ego ego ego)

위로가 됐고 
It was comforting,

날 알게 해줬어 (just trust myself)
I came to know myself (just trust myself)

Map of the Soul

Map of the All

That’s my Ego

That’s my Ego

Map of the Soul

Map of the All

That’s my Ego

That’s my Ego

Translators’ Note:

* ‘뜬구름을 잡다’ literally means ‘to chase drifting clouds’ and is a Korean expression that means ‘to chase unrealistic dreams’.

 
 

Trans cr; Aditi | Spot Checker; Faith, Mary, Annie, & Rinne @ bts-trans
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Last updated on: 2022-06-02