BSS - The Reasons of My Smiles (From Queen of Tears OST) Lyrics (Hangul / Romanized / English Translation) & Vocabulary Notes

BSS - The Reasons of My Smiles (From "Queen of Tears" OST)

🎵 Album: Queen of Tears (Original Soundtrack) | 📅 Release: 2024-03-10

🇰🇷 Hangul 🗣️ Romanization 💬 English Translation 📚 Vocab Notes

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Official K-Drama Soundtrack

Artist: BSS (부석순 - SEVENTEEN) | Drama: Queen of Tears (눈물의 여왕) OST Part 1

📖 Song Overview & Context

Serving as the opening theme and emotional heartbeat of the 2024 drama Queen of Tears (눈물의 여왕), "The Reasons of My Smiles" (자꾸만 웃게 돼) highlights the soaring, heartfelt vocals of BSS members DK, Seungkwan, and Hoshi. The lyrics express the uncontrollable joy and overwhelming heartbeat when thinking of one's soulmate, portraying how love can reignite and soften life's deepest storms.

[Intro]

Hoo Hoo

Hoo Hoo

Hoo Hoo

Hoo Hoo

[Verse 1]

두근대는 마음을 따라

Dugeundaeneun maeumeul ttara

Following the beat of my pounding heart

너에게 가는 나의 발걸음은

Neoege ganeun naui balgeoreumeun

My footsteps carrying me towards you

마치 구름위를 날으는듯 해

Machi gureumwireul nareuneundeut hae

Feel just like flying high above the clouds

꿈속의 언젠가 처럼

Kkumsogui eonjenga cheoreom

Just like a moment once seen in a dream

📚 Verse 1 Vocabulary & Notes:

• 두근대다 (Dugeundaeda): To throb / to beat fast / to flutter — Onomatopoeic word expressing a palpitating, excited heart.
• 발걸음 (Balgeoreum): Footsteps / steps — Used metaphorically to express moving towards the beloved.
• 구름 위를 (Gureum wireul): Above the clouds — A classic idiom for ecstatic, lighthearted bliss.
• ~처럼 (Cheoreom): Particle meaning "like" or "as".

[Verse 2 / Pre-Chorus]

Only if you are waiting for me

Then I could walk though the fire for you

When you say my name, the whole world stops

I'm amazed at the way you see me

왜인지는 모르겠지만

Waeinjineun moreugetjiman

I don't really know why, but

자꾸만 웃게돼

Jakkuman utgedwae

I just keep smiling again and again

너의 마법에 걸린것 같아

Neoui mabeobe geollingeot gata

It feels as though I've fallen under your magic spell

나는

Naneun

Yes, I am

📚 Pre-Chorus Vocabulary & Notes:

• 자꾸만 (Jakkuman): Repeatedly / over and over / keep on — Emphasizes an involuntary, irresistible reaction.
• 웃게 돼 (Utge dwae): Come to smile / end up smiling — Formed from '웃다' (to smile) + '-게 되다' (to end up doing).
• 마법에 걸리다 (Mabeobe geollida): To be put under a spell / to be enchanted.
• 나는 (Naneun): I / as for me — Left lingering at the end of the phrase for dramatic emotional suspense.

[Chorus]

Wherever you go whatever you do

널 알아 볼 수 있을 것 같아

Neol ara bol su isseul geot gata

I feel I could recognize you anywhere

멈추지 않는 내 심장이

Meomchuji anneun nae simjangi

My unceasing, relentless heart

죽을것 같이 뛰고있어

Jugeulgeot gachi ttwigoisseo

Is racing like crazy as if it could burst

I say

📚 Chorus Vocabulary & Notes:

• 알아보다 (Araboda): To recognize / to spot / to notice.
• 심장 (Simjang): Heart (anatomical/poetic) — Pronounced 'Sim-jang'.
• 죽을 것 같이 (Jugeul geot gachi): As if to die / like crazy / unbearably — Common Korean colloquial expression expressing extreme intensity. (Note phonological palatalization: 같이 is pronounced 'Ga-chi').
• 뛰다 (Ttwida): To beat / to race (of a heart) / to run.

[Post-Chorus]

You stepped into my heart

Softer than Summer night

Became my everything

There's no way without you now

[Verse 3]

종일 니 목소릴 듣고

Jongil ni moksoril deutgo

Listening to your voice all day long

너무 행복해 눈물도 짓고

Neomu haengbokhae nunmuldo jitgo

So overwhelmingly happy that tears well up

온통 니생각에 가득한 수많은

Ontong nisaenggage gadeukhan sumaneun

Countless nights completely filled

밤들을 지새우곤해

Bamdeureul jisaeugonhae

With thoughts of only you as I stay awake till dawn

📚 Verse 3 Vocabulary & Notes:

• 종일 (Jong-il): All day long / throughout the whole day.
• 니 (Ni): Informal spoken form of '네' meaning "your". Pronounced 'Ni' in conversational Korean to distinguish clearly from '내' (Nae = my).
• 눈물을 짓다 (Nunmureul jitda): To shed tears / to tear up with emotion.
• 밤을 지새우다 (Bameul jisaeuda): To stay up all night / to spend the night sleepless.

[Pre-Chorus]

You are my treasure and my soul

You are the reasons of my smiles

눈 속에 핀웃음들은

Nun soge pinuseumdeureun

The smiles blooming in your eyes

어린날에 본 소설속의 이야기들보다 더

Eorinnare bon soseolsogui iyagideulboda deo

More than all the storybook tales I read when I was young

그댄 날 들뜨게하네

Geudaen nal deultteugehane

You make my spirit soar with excitement

📚 Pre-Chorus 2 Vocabulary & Notes:

• 눈 속에 핀 웃음 (Nun soge pin useum): Smiles blooming in the eyes — Poetic Korean imagery representing tender, warm affection seen in someone's gaze.
• 소설 (Soseol): Novel / fairy tale fiction.
• 들뜨게 하다 (Deultteuge hada): To make (someone) excited / to fill with fluttery anticipation.
• 그대 (Geudae): Poetic, tender second-person pronoun for "You".

[Chorus]

Wherever you go whatever you do

널 알아 볼수있을 것 같아

Neol ara bolsuisseul geot gata

I feel I could recognize you anywhere

멈추지않는 내 심장이

Meomchujianneun nae simjangi

My unceasing, relentless heart

죽을것 같이 뛰고있어

Jugeulgeot gachi ttwigoisseo

Is racing like crazy as if it could burst

I say

[Outro]

You stepped into my heart

Softer than Summer night

Became my everything

And now I know you're a piece of my heart

You take my hands, take my whole life

Do you see the flowers in my eyes

I'll tell you now I know

There's no way without you now

✨

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