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Beautiful Creatures
(아름다운 것들)
| performed by | Yang Hee-eun (양희은) | |
|---|---|---|
| lyrics by | Bang Hee-gyeong (방희경) | |
| music by | Scottish traditional song | |
| year released | 1972 | |
| album | Yang Hee-eun's Collection of Beautiful Songs (양희은의 고운 노래 모음 2), 1972 |
| 아름다운 것들 | Beautiful Creatrures | |
|---|---|---|
| 꽃잎 끝에 달려 있는 작은 이슬 방울들 | Tiny dewdrops clinging to the tip of a petal | |
| 빗줄기 이들을 찾아와서 음 어데로 데려갈까 | I wonder where the falling rain will take them all | |
| 바람아 너는 알고 있나, 비야 네가 알고 있나 | Tell me now wind, do you know, or rain, do you | |
| 무엇이 이 숲속에서 음 이들을 데려갈까 | What will take them away from these woods | |
| 엄마 잃고 다리도 없는 가엾은 작은 새는 | A legless poor little bird lost without its mom | |
| 바람이 거세게 불어오면 음 어데로 가야할까 | Where should it go when harsh wind starts blowing | |
| 바람아 너는 알고 있나, 비야 네가 알고 있나 | Tell me now wind, do you know, or rain, do you | |
| 무엇이 이 숲속에서 음 이들을 데려갈까 | What will take them away from these woods | |
| 모두가 사라진 숲에는 나무들만 남아 있네 | Now that everyone's gone, there are only trees left | |
| 때가 되면 이들도 사라져 음 고요만이 남겠네 | Soon only silence will remain when they're gone too | |
| 바람아 너는 알고 있나, 비야 네가 알고 있나 | Tell me now wind, do you know, or rain, do you | |
| 무엇이 이 숲속에서 음 이들을 데려갈까 | What will take them away from these woods | |
| 바람아 너는 알고 있나, 비야 네가 알고 있나 | Tell me now wind, do you know, or rain, do you | |
| 무엇이 이 숲속에서 음 이들을 데려갈까 | What will take them away from these woods | |
| 음 이들을 데려갈까 | What will take them away |
| 아름다운 것들 |
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| 꽃잎 끝에 달려 있는 작은 이슬 방울들 |
| 빗줄기 이들을 찾아와서 음 어데로 데려갈까 |
| 바람아 너는 알고 있나, 비야 네가 알고 있나 |
| 무엇이 이 숲속에서 음 이들을 데려갈까 |
| 엄마 잃고 다리도 없는 가엾은 작은 새는 |
| 바람이 거세게 불어오면 음 어데로 가야할까 |
| 바람아 너는 알고 있나, 비야 네가 알고 있나 |
| 무엇이 이 숲속에서 음 이들을 데려갈까 |
| 모두가 사라진 숲에는 나무들만 남아 있네 |
| 때가 되면 이들도 사라져 음 고요만이 남겠네 |
| 바람아 너는 알고 있나, 비야 네가 알고 있나 |
| 무엇이 이 숲속에서 음 이들을 데려갈까 |
| 바람아 너는 알고 있나, 비야 네가 알고 있나 |
| 무엇이 이 숲속에서 음 이들을 데려갈까 |
| 음 이들을 데려갈까 |
| Beautiful Creatrures |
|---|
| Tiny dewdrops clinging to the tip of a petal |
| I wonder where the falling rain will take them all |
| Tell me now wind, do you know, or rain, do you |
| What will take them away from these woods |
| A legless poor little bird lost without its mom |
| Where should it go when harsh wind starts blowing |
| Tell me now wind, do you know, or rain, do you |
| What will take them away from these woods |
| Now that everyone's gone, there are only trees left |
| Soon only silence will remain when they're gone too |
| Tell me now wind, do you know, or rain, do you |
| What will take them away from these woods |
| Tell me now wind, do you know, or rain, do you |
| What will take them away from these woods |
| What will take them away |
Beautiful Creatures (아름다운 것들) is an ode to the beauty of nature, or this world itself which is full of those fascinating creatures. If you take a moment and look at the miraculous things that surround you, you can't help marveling at this supposedly mundane reality. That's how I, and I'm sure most other people too, feel sometimes.
What would happen if the earth's axis weren't at 23.5 degrees to the earth's orbit? There would be no season and the day and night would always have the same length, with tropical places sizzling hot around the year and cold places always freezing cold. What a nightmarishly boring world that would be! What if the water didn't circulate through rain and evaporation? What about gravity that gives stability to everything with mass? You can think of such what-ifs on and on.
Our world is such an incredible design. I would venture to say no one could even imagine -- i.e. just fantasize in your head with no thoughts about implementation -- a system as intricately balanced and as gigantic in scale. And it has been in operation for millions upon millions, or rather billions of years without ever going astray (i.e. if we don't count the latest twist: this new species called Homo Sapience has now come very close to upending this beautiful system, but that's another subject). Isn't it the miracle of miracles to say the least.
What the song depicts is, it seems to me, this awe-inspiring nature, with all the beauty that is there for whoever chooses to notice. Ours is likely the only place endowed with this dynamic and vibrant beauty in this vast universe, full of fascinating lifeforms that are so beautifully diverse that you can't even begin to fathom their depth. It is a place where nearly an infinite number of these critters create a magnificent symphony of a galactic scale, in every passing moment.
The lyricist Bang created a set of lyrics entirely different from the original Scottish song, paying homage to this miraculous reality of ours, with a loving look at the amazingly beautiful creatures out there which are destined to go away in time.
