IU - From This Star Lyrics (Hangul / Romanized / English Translation) & Vocabulary Notes
IU - From This Star
🎵 Album: Unknown Planet - Single | 📅 Release: 2026-09-10
🇰🇷 Hangul
🗣️ Romanization
💬 English Translation
📚 Vocab Notes
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Complete 3-Tier Lyrics (Hangul / Easy Romanization / English Translation) with cultural linguistic vocabulary breakdowns.
[Verse 1]
평범한 날 갑자기 문을 열고 들어와
pyeongbeomhan nal gapjagi muneul yeolgo deureowa
Walking through the door so suddenly on an ordinary day
사랑이 시작된 순간을
sarangi sijakdoen sunganeul
Do you remember that moment
기억하나요?
gieokanayo?
when our love first began?
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 평범한 날 (pyeongbeomhan nal): Ordinary day — Emphasizes how life-altering romance frequently begins without grand fanfare on an unremarkable day.
- * 기억하나요 (gieokanayo): Do you remember? — Polite and gentle interrogative honorific form (기억하다 + ~나요), highlighting quiet nostalgia.
[Verse 2]
어색함에 웃음 사이로 흩어진 말들
eosaekhame useum sairo heuteojin maldeul
The shy words scattered between our awkward laughter
아쉬움에 유난히 짧던 그 밤을 영원히 난
aswiume yunanhi jjalbdeon geu bameul yeongwonhi nan
That night that felt especially fleeting in our reluctant longing,
잊지 못할 것 같아요
itji mothal geot gatayo
I think I will never be able to forget forever
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 어색함 (eosaekham): Awkwardness / Shy hesitation — The endearing hesitation characteristic of early dating stages.
- * 아쉬움 (aswium): Longing / Reluctance to part — The quintessential Korean emotion when an experience ends too soon and you wish it could continue.
- * 잊지 못할 것 같아요 (itji mothal geot gatayo): I think I won't be able to forget — Combining ~지 못하다 (cannot) and ~ㄹ 것 같다 (it seems / I feel), expressing delicate certainty.
[Chorus]
첫 입맞춤을 나눌 때
cheot immatchumeul nanul ttae
When we shared our very first kiss
흘러나오던 노래
heulleonaodeon norae
The melody playing gently in the air
그대만이 불러주던 나의 별명
geudaemani bulleojudeon naui byeolmyeong
The pet name only you ever used to call me
화해하던 방법들까지
hwahaehadeon bangbeopdeulkkaji
Even all the little ways we used to reconcile
우리가 사랑한 전부
uriga saranghan jeonbu
Everything we ever cherished and loved
모두 다 여기 두고
modu da yeogi dugo
Leaving it all behind right here
떠날 거예요 우리 이별로부터
tteonal geoyeyo uri ibyeollobuteo
I will depart, from this star of our farewell
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 입맞춤 (immatchum): Kiss — A pure Korean poetic noun formed from 입 (lips) and 맞춤 (joining/meeting), carrying softer literary imagery than the loanword '키스 (kiss)'.
- * 화해하다 (hwahaehada): To reconcile / To make peace after an argument.
- * 이별로부터 (ibyeollobuteo) / 이 별로부터 (i byeollobuteo): From farewell / From this star — The core thematic pun where '이별' (parting) and '이 별' (this celestial star/planet) are phonetically identical in Korean.
[Verse 3]
나 이제 정말 그대가 그리운 게 아닌데
na ije jeongmal geudaega geuriun ge aninde
It's truly not that I miss you anymore now
이제 다 지나간 사랑이 아쉬운 게 아닌데
ije da jinagan sarangi aswiun ge aninde
It's not that I regret the love that has completely passed
그래도 이 오랜 시간을 서성인 건
geuraedo i oraen siganeul seoseongin geon
Yet the reason I lingered around for such a long time
기다림 혹은 미련이란
gidarim hogeun miryeoniran
Could never be written down simply
고작 한마디 말로 적어낼 순 없겠지요
gojak hanmadi mallo jeogeonael sun eopgetjiyo
with a mere single word like 'waiting' or 'lingering attachment'
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 서성이다 (seoseong-ida): To wander / To hover / To linger restlessly in one spot.
- * 미련 (miryeon): Lingering attachment / Unresolved feelings left behind after a breakup.
- * 고작 (gojak): Merely / Barely / Only — Expresses that superficial vocabulary is inadequate to summarize deep past grief.
[Chorus 2]
밤새도록 나눈 대화
bamsaedorok nanun daehwa
The conversations we shared all night long
닮아가던 웃음소리
dalmagadeon useumsori
The sounds of our laughter gradually growing alike
그대 만나러 달려가던 길목과
geudae mannareo dallyeogadeon gilmokgwa
The familiar street corners I ran along to see you
매일 함께 그린 미래도
maeil hamkke geurin miraedo
And the future we sketched together each day
우리 사랑했던 전부
uri saranghaetdeon jeonbu
All of what we once so dearly loved
여기 버리고 멀리
yeogi beorigo meolli
Letting it go right here and far away
떠날 거예요 우리 이별로부터
tteonal geoyeyo uri ibyeollobuteo
I will journey away, from this star of our farewell
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 닮아가다 (dalmagada): To grow to resemble / To mirror each other over time.
- * 길목 (gilmok): Corner / Pathway / Key intersection along a route.
- * 버리다 (beorida): To discard / To cast off — Represents the intentional release of heavy sentimental luggage.
[Outro]
우리가 사랑한 전부
uriga saranghan jeonbu
Everything we ever loved
한때 우리의 온 전부
hanttae uriui on jeonbu
What was once our entire world
이제야 사라질 우리만의 이 별로부터
ijeya sarajil urimanui i byeollobuteo
From this star of ours that will finally fade away
📚 Section Vocabulary & Notes:
- * 온 전부 (on jeonbu): Whole entirety / Absolute all — Combining '온' (entire/whole) with '전부' (all) to dramatize how all-consuming this love felt.
- * 이제야 (ijeya): Only now / At long last — Underscores that closure has finally been reached after prolonged emotional processing.
