Learn Korean with BTS Lyrics | 'BTS Cypher Pt.2: Triptych' Korean Lyrics Explained (Part 2)

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Let’s study Korean with BTS Lyrics! In this post, we’ll break down each lyric in BTS’ ‘BTS Cypher Pt.2: Triptych’ with detailed vocabulary and grammar notes to help you understand the meaning of the Korean used. Whether you’re a fan looking to deepen your connection to the music or a language learner studying through lyrics, this post is for you. Click the expand arrow beside each lyric to view the notes and explanations for that line.

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BTS (방탄소년단) - 'BTS Cypher Pt.2: Triptych' Lyrics (Part 2) (With English Translation & Korean Grammar/Vocabulary Notes)

*Due to the length of this song and the amount of explanation required (as well as blog post length limitations), I've divided this breakdown into two parts. This is Part 2, which covers j-hope's second refrain and SUGA's rap. Part 1, which you can read here, covers the song's intro, j-hope's first refrain, and RM's rap. You can also view the full song lyrics in order here.

[j-hope] : 누구 때문에? 제이홉 때문에 Because of who? Because of j-hope

누구: who

때문에: because of / due to

제이홉: j-hope

누구 때문에? 랩몬 때문에 Because of who? Because of Rap Mon

누구: who

때문에: because of / due to

랩몬: RapMon (RM’s old stage name, short for “Rap Monster”)

다시 누구 때문에? 슈가 때문에 Again, because of who? Because of Suga

다시: again / once more

누구: who

때문에: because of / due to

슈가: Suga

우리 셋이 모여서 새 시대를 외쳐 The three of us come together and proclaim a new era

우리: we / us

셋이: three (of us)

• 셋 (three) + -이 (adverbial suffix meaning "as a group of ___ people") → "as three people" / "the three together"

*Note: The suffix -이 is attached to native Korean number words to express that a certain number of people are acting together.

모여서: gather and / gather together then

• 모이다 (to gather, come together) + -아서/어서 (connective “and/so/then”)

새: new

시대를: era / age / period (as the object)

• 시대 (era / age / period) + -를 (object marker)

외쳐: shout / cry out

• 외치다 (to shout, cry out, proclaim) → 외쳐 (casual present)

제이홉 때문에 Because of j-hope

제이홉: j-hope

때문에: because of / due to

누구 때문에? 랩몬 때문에 Because of who? Because of Rap Mon

누구: who

때문에: because of / due to

랩몬: RapMon (RM’s old stage name, short for “Rap Monster”)

다시 누구 때문에? 슈가 때문에 Again, because of who? Because of Suga

다시: again / once more

누구: who

때문에: because of / due to

슈가: Suga

이 beat 위에 다음 타자가 랩을 해 On top of this beat, the next batter/hitter raps

이: this

위에: on / on top of

• 위 (top, above) + -에 (location particle)

다음: next

타자가: batter / hitter

• 타자 (batter / hitter, from baseball → “the next batter.” In rap slang: the next person stepping up (to the mic) + 가 (subject marker)

랩을: rap (object)

• 랩 (rap) + -을 (object marker)

해: does / do (casual present). (From 하다 "to do")

[Suga] : 내 도메인 dopeman.com My domain is dopeman.com

​내: my

• 나 (I, me) + -의 (possessive marker, often contracted to 내).

도메인: domain (loanword from English domain. (1) Technical: internet domain (like a website). (2) Figurative: territory, sphere, personal space/area of control.)

마이크로 여럿 혼냈지 With the mic, I scold many people

마이크로: with the mic / by the mic

• 마이크 (microphone) + -로 (instrumental particle = “with, by means of”).

여럿: several / many people (literally “multiple (people).”)

혼냈지: scolded / gave a hard time to / put (them) in place

• 혼내다 (to scold, discipline, punish) + -었- (past tense) + -지 (ending, adds certainty/emphasis, “you know / right”).

언행은 족쇄 같어 My words and actions are like shackles

​언행은: words and actions (topic)

• 언행 (言行, Sino-Korean: speech + conduct) = “words and actions.” + -은 = topic marker → “as for words and actions.”

족쇄: shackle / fetter / chain (literally the metal restraint put on ankles → metaphor for restriction, limitation.)

같어: are like / seem like

• 같다 (to be like, to resemble) → 같아 in casual speech. 같어 is a more colloquial / dialectal pronunciation/spelling.

내 죄명은 혀로 폭행 My crime is assaulting with my tongue

내: my

• 나 (I, me) + -의 (possessive, contracted to 내).

죄명은: the charge is / my crime is

• 죄명 (罪名, Sino-Korean: 죄 = crime, 명 = name) = “charge / crime name.” + -은 (topic marker).

혀로: with (my) tongue

• 혀 (tongue) + -로 (instrumental particle, “by / with / through”).

폭행: assault / violence

• 폭행 (暴行, Sino-Korean: 폭 = violence, 행 = act) = “assault, battery.”

신앙심이 가득한 덕에 넌 태생부터 겁나 모태 Thanks to all that faith, you’ve been like that since birth

​신앙심이: faith / religious devotion (subject)

• 신앙심 (faith, religious devotion) + -이 (subject marker).

가득한: full of / brimming with

• 가득하다 (to be full) + -ㄴ (attributive ending) → 가득한 = “full (of).”가득한 is the modifier form → “full of ___”

덕에: thanks to / due to / because of

넌: you (topic)

• 너 (you) + -는 (topic marker) → 넌 (contracted form of 너는)

태생부터: from birth / since the very beginning

• 태생 (birth, innate nature) + -부터 (from, since).

겁나: (slang) extremely / super / damn

• 겁나다 (to be afraid) → colloquially used as an intensifier (“damn / really / hella”).

모태: literally “mother’s womb” → in slang, “innate / since birth.”

이 비트 위에서 엄살 부리면 넌 그냥 조퇴해 If you make a fuss on this beat, just leave early

이: this

비트: beat (loanword) (the instrumental track / rhythm.)

위에서: on / on top of / over

• 위 (top) + -에서 (location particle) → “on.”

엄살 부리면: if (you) act pathetic / if (you) play the drama / if (you) whine

• 엄살 (exaggerated complaint, playing up pain or hardship) + 부리다 (to display / to put on) + -면 (conditional “if/when”) → 부리면 (“if [you] put on/act …”). → “if you start acting dramatic/whiny/soft.”

넌: you (topic)

• 너 (you) + -는 (topic marker) → 넌 (contracted form of 너는)

그냥: just / simply / might as well

조퇴해: leave early / go home early (casual)

• 조퇴하다 (to leave (work/school) early; here conjugated casually 조퇴해). In rap slang: “bow out/step off,” “you’re out / go home.”

힙합 꼰대들 목에 힘들어 간 것 좀 보세 Look at the hip hop boomers with their strained necks

힙합: hip-hop (loanword from English hip-hop)

꼰대들: old-fashioned people / old-heads / boomers

• 꼰대 (slang for an older person who lectures, nags, or is out-of-touch) + -들 (plural marker)

목에: in (their) neck

• 목 (neck) + -에 (location particle).

힘들어 간 것: the act of straining / putting on force / stiffening up

• 힘들다 (to be hard / difficult / tiring) + -어 간 것 (the thing / state that it has gone into)

• Even though this uses 힘들다 literally (“to be strained / hard”), it feels very close to 목에 힘주다, a Korean idiom meaning literally “to stiffen the neck,” figuratively “to act arrogant, to put on airs.” This looks like a deliberate grammatical distortion — a mix of 힘들다 and the idiom 힘주다, used for wordplay and rhythm.

좀: a bit / kind of (softener, often ironic).

보세: look / check out (imperative polite form)

• 보다 (to look) + -세 (honorific/imperative ending).

니가 지하에서 놀 때 BTS 지상에서 노네 While you play underground, BTS plays on the ground

니가: you (subject)

• 너 (you) + -가 (subject marker).

지하에서: in the underground / underground

• 지하 (underground, basement, below ground) + -에서 (location particle “in/at”).

놀 때: when (you) play / when (you) hang out / when (you) were active

• 놀다 (to play, hang out, be active) + -ㄹ 때 (when).

지상에서: on the ground / aboveground

• 지상 (aboveground, the surface / also figuratively “mainstream,” “the world stage”) + -에서 (location particle “in/at”).

노네: are playing / are active (emphatic)

• 놀다 (to play, hang out, be active) + -네 (ending expressing assertion, “they sure are / they really are”).

밤새 잠 퍼질러 잔 너에 비해 Compared to you, who slept sprawled out all night

밤새: all night long

• 밤 (night) + 새(다) (to stay up) → 밤새 = “through the night / all night.”

잠: sleep.

퍼질러: sprawled out / spread out

• 퍼지다 (to spread out, sprawl) + -어 (casual connector) → 퍼질러. Often used with 잠을 퍼질러 자다 = “to sleep sprawled out (deeply, lazily).”

잔: slept

• 자다 (to sleep) + -ㄴ (past attributive) → 잔 = “slept (the one who).”

너에 비해: compared to you

• 너 (you) + -에 (to, in) + 비하다 (to compare) → 비해 (compared to).

​I'm workerholic, shopperholic

니 fan 보다 많은 pen 과소비 하며 Overspending on more pens than you have fans

니: your (colloquial contraction of 너의 (your))

보다: than / compared to (comparative particle)

많은: many / more

• 많다 (to be many, much) + -은 (attributive ending).

과소비: overspending / excessive consumption

• 과 (excess) + 소비 (consumption).

하며: while doing / and doing

• 하다 (to do) + -며 (while, as).

*"I use more pens than you have fans.” (bragging about writing/lyrics output vs their popularity).

​All in

차면 goal in When I shoot, goal in

차면: if/when (you) kick it

• 차다 (to kick (as in a ball) + 면 (if/when conditional)

​Goal in, I'm ballin'

니 랩 들으면 토 쏠림 When I listen to your rap, I get sick

니: your (colloquial contraction of 너의)

랩: rap (loanword from English).

들으면: if/when (I) listen / upon hearing

• 듣다 (to listen, to hear) + -으면 (if/when conditional).

토: vomit.

쏠림: nausea / queasiness / feeling like throwing up

• 쏠리다 (to be tilted, slanted; also “to feel nauseous”) → nominal form 쏠림.

니 여친도 홀리는 내 목소린 좀 꼴림 Even your girlfriend is bewitched — my voice’s a bit of a turn-on

니: your (colloquial contraction of 너의)

여친도: even your girlfriend

• 여친 (short for 여자친구, girlfriend) + -도 (also, even).

홀리는: enchanting / captivating / luring

• 홀리다 (to be possessed, to be bewitched, to be entranced) + -는 (attributive ending) → “that enchants / that lures.”

내: my

• 나 (I, me) + -의 (possessive, contracted to 내).

목소린: my voice (as topic)

• 목소리 (voice) + -는 (topic marker) → 목소린 (contracted).

좀: a bit / kind of (intensifier, often ironic or boastful).

꼴림: arousal / turn-on (slang, from 꼴리다 = to be aroused, turned on).

작업실 내 놀이터고 파트너는 펜 종이 The studio is my playground, and my partners are pen and paper

작업실: studio / workspace

• 작업 (work, production, creation) + 실 (room) → “workroom, studio.”

내: my

• 나 (I, me) + -의 (possessive, contracted) → 내.

놀이터고: (is) my playground

• 놀이터 (playground) + -고 (copula + connective “and/is”).

파트너는: partner is

• 파트너 (partner, companion) + -는 (topic marker).

펜: pen.

종이: paper.

호위가 권리인 줄 아는 너흰 속히 마이크를 내려 You (guys) who think being escorted is your right, quickly put down the mic

호위가: protection is / escort is (subject)

• 호위 (guard, protection, entourage) + -가 (subject marker).

권리인 줄 아는: (someone) who thinks (that something) is a right

• 권리 (right, entitlement) + -인 줄 아는 (“to think/assume that something is [N].”)

너흰: you guys (topic)

• 너희 (you all) + -는 (topic marker) → 너흰.

속히: quickly / at once / without delay.

마이크를: the mic (object)

• 마이크 (mic) + -를 (object marker).

내려: put down / lower

• 내리다 (to lower, put down) → 내려 (imperative/casual).

놓길 Let go

놓길: (the act of) putting down / setting down / letting go (in a wished-for or hoped-for sense)

• 놓다 (to put down, to place, to release) + -기를 (contracted to -길) which comes from -기 (a nominalizer, turns verbs into nouns — like “doing ___,” “the act of ___,” or “(to) ___.”) + 를 (object particle, marks it as the object of another verb (like 바라다, 원하다, 기도하다, etc.).) Because -길 / -기를 grammatically would normally attach to a verb of hoping, native speakers mentally associate -길 with the feeling of “wishing” — but technically, the wishing comes from 바라다 / 기도하다 / 원하다, not from -길 itself.

내가 해라면 너는 달 내가 뜰 때면 지니까 If I’m the sun, you’re the moon — because when I rise, you set

내가 해라면: if I am the sun

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject marker) → 내가: I (subject) + 해 (sun) + + (이)라면 (if (it) is [noun] / assuming (it is) [noun])

너는: you (topic).

• 너 = you + -는 (topic marker)

달: the moon.

뜰 때면: when I rise / whenever I rise

• 뜨다 (to rise, appear — used for sun, moon, stars) + -ㄹ 때면 (whenever/if …).

지니까: because (you) set

• 지다 (to set, go down — used for sun, moon, stars) + -니까 (because / since).

힙합 진품명품 새끼들아 거품 위에서 내려와 You punks calling yourselves the hip-hop real deal, come down from your bubble

힙합: hip-hop (loanword from English hip-hop)

진품명품: authentic masterpiece / genuine article

• 진품 (authentic item, genuine) + 명품 (prestigious item, masterpiece). Phrase used to stress “the real deal” (also the name of a famous Korean antiques TV show where experts appraised antiques and told whether something was real or fake.).

새끼들아: you bastards / you punks (vocative)

• 새끼 (derogatory word for guy/punk) + -들 (plural) + vocative -아. → “Hey you punks …”

거품: bubble / foam.

위에서: on / on top of.

• 위 (top, above) + -에서 (location particle).

내려와: come down (imperative).

• 내려오다 (to come down) → 내려와 (casual imperative).

야 이 개구쟁이들아 개구진 Hey you mischievous rascals

야: hey (vocative, used to call out or grab attention)

이: these / you (demonstrative pronoun “these,” but in speech often = “you (guys).”)

개구쟁이들아: you little rascals / you mischievous brats

• 개구쟁이 (mischievous kid, rascal) + -들 (plural) + -아 (vocative ending) → “hey you little rascals.”

개구진: mischievous / playful / impish

• 개구지다 (to be mischievous, cheeky, playful) + -ㄴ (adjective ending used before a noun)

니 랩은 그냥 신세 타령 Your rap is just a pitiful lament

니: your (colloquial contraction of 너의)

랩은: rap (topic)

• 랩 (rap) + -은 (topic marker).

그냥: just / simply.

신세: one’s lot in life / situation / condition (often negative, pitiful).

타령: lament / constant complaining song

• 타령 = a traditional Korean song style, but in slang it means “whining about / harping on.”

*신세 타령 = dismissive way of saying someone keeps complaining about their hardships instead of spitting skillful bars. Diss tone: your rap has no artistry, it’s just whining.

니가 기다려온 시간 쉬다 오렴 The time you’ve been waiting for — take a rest and then come

니가: you (subject)

• 너 (you) + -가 (subject marker).

기다려온: have been waiting for

• 기다리다 (to wait) + -어 오다 (to have been doing up to now) → 기다려온 (attributive form) = “(the time) you have been waiting for.”

시간: time.

쉬다: to rest / to take a break.

오렴: come (after doing something) / polite suggestion

오다 (to come) + -렴 (soft imperative/encouraging ending, often used gently toward juniors or someone younger) → 쉬다 오렴 = “rest and then come.” -렴 softens the tone like telling someone younger, “Go rest, then come back when it’s your time.” In rap, this could sound condescending.

니가 가라 하와이 You go to Hawaii

니가: you (subject)

• 너 (you) + -가 (subject marker).

가라: go (imperative)

• 가다 (to go) + -라 (plain imperative ending). “Go!” / “Go (do it)!”

하와이: Hawaii (loanword).

*This line is a pop-culture reference. It’s a famous catchphrase from the classic Korean movie 친구 (Friend, 2001). In the movie, a character sneers “니가 가라, 하와이” (“You go to Hawaii”) when another mentions a trip. It became an iconic phrase, often used sarcastically to mean: “Why don’t you go (not me)?” / “You deal with it.”

집에 가렴 Go home

집에: home / to home

• 집 (house, home) + -에 (location particle “to / at / in”).

가렴: go (soft imperative)

• 가다 (to go) + -렴 (gentle / encouraging imperative ending, often to someone younger or lower in status). → “Go (on).” / “Go ahead and go.” -렴 makes it sound gentle, like a parent telling a child, “Go on home now.” In rap context, it flips into a mocking diss: “Just go home, kid.”

내가 어디까지 가나 봐라 Watch how far I go

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject marker).

어디까지: how far / to what extent

• 어디 (where) + 까지 (up to, until).

가나 봐라: literally = “see whether (I) go”, idiomatically, it means: “Let’s see how far I go.”

• 가다 (to go) + -나 보다 (grammar meaning “it seems that / I guess that / apparently…” — here it’s rhetorical) + -아라 (imperative ending).

*Here -나 보다 isn’t being used in its usual “I guess” sense — it’s being used as a rhetorical structure to challenge or provoke, as if saying: “Let’s see whether I can / will go that far.”

썩은 뿌릴 싹 다 갈아 I grind up all the rotten roots

썩은: rotten / decayed

• 썩다 (to rot, decay, go bad) + -은 (attributive ending) → “rotten …”

뿌릴: roots (object)

• 뿌리 (root) + -를 (object marker). Written as 뿌릴 here by contraction.

싹 다: all / completely / every last one (slang intensifier = “all of it / everything without exception.”)

갈아: grind / change out / replace

• 갈다 (to grind, to replace, to change) + -아 (casual present).

엎어 모두 한판 예상하지 못한 파란 Flip it all over in one round — an unexpected upheaval

엎어: overturn / flip over

• 엎다 (to overturn, knock over) + -어 (casual present) → “overturn / flip.”

모두: all / everything / everyone.

한판: one round / one match / one big fight

• 한 (one) + 판 (round, bout, game, fight) → “a round / a showdown.”

예상하지 못한: unexpected / unforeseeable

• 예상하다 (to expect, anticipate) + -지 못한 (unable to …, not …) → “not expected.”

파란: upheaval / commotion / turbulence / blue (but here = figurative: storm, disturbance). From Sino-Korean (波瀾) “waves + billows” → figuratively: upheaval, turmoil, dramatic event.

노력 없이 한탄만 해대며 막상 Without putting in any effort, you just keep complaining — but when it comes down to it

노력 없이: without effort

• 노력 (effort, hard work) + 없이 (without).

한탄만: only lamentation / nothing but complaining

• 한탄 (lament, sigh, complaint) + -만 (only, just).

해대며: keep doing / go on doing (with negative nuance)

• 하다 (to do) + -대다 (auxiliary verb = to keep on doing something, often annoyingly) + -며 (while/and) → “while going on and on complaining.”

막상: when it comes down to it / actually, in reality

꼴에 음악 한답시고 놀 때 you're playing around, pretending to do music

꼴에: acting like / thinking you’re all that (derogatory)

• 꼴 = appearance, state (often insulting: “your sorry state / your pitiful self”). -에 used adverbially → “in your sorry state / acting like …”

음악: music.

한답시고: claiming to do / pretending to do (derogatory)

• 하다 (to do) + -ㄴ 답시고 (“saying (they) are doing ~” / “claiming to ~” / “under the excuse of ~” — with mockery or irony. It judges the quoted content as foolish, hypocritical, or laughable.)

놀 때: when (you) play / when (you) mess around

• 놀다 (to play, fool around, hang out) + -ㄹ 때 (when).

알바 자리나 더 알아봐라 Go look for another part-time job (at least)

알바: part-time job

• short for 아르바이트 (loanword from German Arbeit = “work,” used in Korean for part-time jobs).

자리나: at least a spot / a position

• 자리 (seat, place, job position) + -나 (particle: “at least, might as well”).

더: more / another.

알아봐라: go look into / go find out

• 알아보다 (to check out, look into, search for, find out) + -아라 (imperative ending).

너의 짧고 가느다란 커리어로는 하나 마나 겠지만 With your short and thin career, it’s probably pointless (even if you try)

너의: your

• 너 (you) + -의 (possessive marker).

짧고: short and

• 짧다 (to be short) + -고 (and).

가느다란: thin / slender / frail

• 가느다랗다 (to be particularly thin, slender, or fragile) + -ㄴ (attributive) → 가느다란 = very thin/slender (intensified descriptive).

*짧고 가느다란 evokes innuendo that’s easily interpreted as a mock of one’s manhood.

커리어로는: with (your) career / as for (your) career

• 커리어 (career, from English) + -로 (by/with/as) + -는 (topic marker).

하나 마나 겠지만: “even if you do it, it won’t make a difference” / “it’s pointless”

• 하나 마나 (idiom meaning: no use / makes no difference / futile) + -겠지만 (it might be / probably is / though — adds a tone of concession “though it’s probably pointless”)

꼭 살아남아 꾸준히 쭉 썩어 Make sure you survive and continue to rot

꼭: surely / definitely / without fail.

살아남아: survive

• 살아남다 (to survive, to outlive) + -아 (casual present / imperative).

꾸준히: steadily / consistently / persistently.

쭉: straight / continuously / all the way.

썩어: rot / decay

• 썩다 (to rot, to decay, to go bad) + -어 (casual present).

아마 니들 꼬리표는 아마 추어 같은 인생 Your label is probably a loach-like life

아마: maybe / probably.

니들: you guys

• 니 (colloquial “너의/너희”) + 들 (plural).

꼬리표는: the tag is / the label is (topic)

• 꼬리표 (tag, label, literally “tail tag/label”) + -는 (topic marker).

아마: maybe / probably (repeated for emphasis).

추어 같은: like a loach

• 추어 (loach - a small mudfish, considered lowly/insignificant in Korean expressions) + -같은 (like, similar to)

인생: life.

너희 랩은 아나바다 Your rap is "Anabada"

너희: you guys / your.

랩은: rap (topic)

• 랩 (rap) + -은 (topic marker).

아나바다: reuse/share movement slogan, here used as mockery.

• From the 1990s Korean campaign “아껴 쓰고, 나눠 쓰고, 바꿔 쓰고, 다시 쓰자”

• 아껴 쓰다 = use sparingly. 나눠 쓰다 = share. 바꿔 쓰다 = swap. 다시 쓰다 = reuse.

• First syllables taken = 아나바다.

*The phrase mocks their rap as nothing original → just reused, swapped, recycled flow/lyrics.

아껴 쓰고 나눠 쓴 flow를 받아쓰고 또 그걸 다시 쓰는 너 You copy a flow that was saved, shared, and reused, then use it again

아껴 쓰고: use sparingly / save and use

• 아끼다 (to save, cherish) + 쓰다 (to use) → 아껴 쓰다 (to use frugally, conserve) + -고 (and).

나눠 쓴: shared and used

• 나누다 (to share, divide) + 쓰다 (to use) → 나눠 쓰다 (to share use) + -ㄴ (attributive past form) → “that was shared and used.”

flow를: flow (object)

• flow (loanword from English rap slang = rhythm/style) + -를 (object marker).

받아쓰고: take down / copy / dictate and write

• 받아쓰다 (to take dictation, copy what’s said) + -고 (and).

또: again.

그걸: that (thing) (as the object of 다시 쓰는 “use again”)

그 (that - demonstrative adjective/pronoun referring to something already mentioned or known in context) + 것을 (thing + object particle). 그것을 → 그걸 (contracted)

다시 쓰는: reuse / write again / use again (attributive)

• 다시 (again) + 쓰다 (to write / use) → 다시 쓰다 (to reuse) + -는 (attributive present).

너: you.

Hey bitch 쪽 팔린 줄 알어 너 Hey bitch don’t you know how embarrassing you are?

쪽 팔린 줄 알어: “(You) know that (it’s) embarrassing” / “You know it’s shameful.”

• 쪽팔리다 (to be embarrassed, to feel ashamed (slang, casual)) + -ㄴ 줄 알다 (grammar pattern meaning “to think / to know that …”)

너: you.

24마디에 너는 자리 펴고 앓아 누워 In 24 bars, you’re spreading a mat and lying down sick

4마디에: in 24 bars

• 24 (twenty-four) + 마디 (bar, measure in music/rap) + -에 (location particle “in/at”).

너는: you (topic)

• 너 (you) + -는 (topic marker).

자리 펴고: lay out your place / spread out to lie down

• 자리 (place, spot, bed/mat) + 펴다 (to spread, lay out) + -고 (and) → “spreading your place (to lie down).”

앓아 누워: fall sick and lie down

• 앓다 (to suffer from illness, to be sick) + 누워 (lying down, from 눕다) → “lie down sick.”

니 덩치에 비해 랩은 가냘퍼 Compared to your size, your rap is feeble

니: your (colloquial contraction of 너의)

덩치에 비해: compared to your size / for your build

• 덩치 (body size, build, frame) + -에 비해 (“compared to”)

랩은: rap (topic)

• 랩 (rap) + -은 (topic marker).

가냘퍼: is feeble / is weak / is frail

• 가냘프다 (to be delicate, thin, feeble, frail) → 가냘퍼 (casual present).

니 부모처럼 널 볼 때 마다 맘 아퍼 Like your parents, every time I see you, my heart aches

니: your (colloquial contraction of 너의)

부모처럼: like your parents

• 부모 (parents) + -처럼 (like / as if).

널: you (object)

• 너 (you) + -를 (object marker) → contracted to 널.

볼 때 마다: every time (I) see (you)

• 보다 (to see) + -ㄹ 때 (when) + 마다 (every) → “whenever (I) see (you).”

맘: heart / feelings (slangy short form of 마음).

아퍼: hurt / ache

• 아프다 (to hurt, to be sick) → 아퍼 (casual spoken form).

난 니 음악의 커리어 동맥에 마침표를 그어 I put a full stop on the artery of your music career

난: I (topic)

• 나 (I; me) + -는 (topic marker) → 난 (contracted form of 나는)

니: your (colloquial contraction of 너의)

음악의: of (your) music

• 음악 (music) + -의 (possessive marker).

커리어: career (loanword from English “career”).

동맥에: in the artery / to the artery

• 동맥 (artery, main blood vessel) + -에 (particle “in / at / to”). Figuratively: “main lifeline.”

마침표를: a period / a full stop (object)

• 마침표 (period, full stop in writing) + -를 (object marker).

그어: draw / mark

• 긋다 (to draw, mark a line) + -어 (casual present). “마침표를 그어” — literally “to draw a period,” meaning “to end” or “to put a stop to something.”

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