병 (Dis-ease)

 (Lyrics in colour are the official lyrics, lyrics in black are translations. Official English lyrics are italicized.)

 RM | Jin | SUGA | j-hope | Jimin | V | Jungkook 

 

뭔가 놓친듯해

It’s like there’s something missing...

커피 한 모금으로 불안함을 해소

Reduce my unease with a gulp of coffee

An endless rest

내게 갑자기 다가온 불편한 행복

An uncomfortable happiness suddenly came my way

24 hours 시간 참 많아

24 hours, that’s a lot of time

하루 종일 잠자도 지금은 no problem

Even sleeping during the day now is no problem

몸 부서져라 뭘 해야 할 거 같은데

Feels like I should be pushing my body till it breaks, but

마냥 삼시 세끼 다 먹는 나란 새끼

the bastard who eats all three meals to the fullest, that’s me

내 죄, 쉬는 내 자신을 물어뜯는 개

My sin? I’m my own watchdog that snaps at me for resting

Don’t do that 외쳐봐도 성과에 목매 매일

“don’t do that,” despite yelling that, every day I’m hung with the outcome

Errday do ma thang, damn if I fail

계속 으르렁대 썩은 동아줄을 tap

I keep on growling, give the rotten rope a tap

불안전해 이건 병

I’m uneasy, this is a disease

물리적인 건 직업이 주는 stun!

It’s a physical thing, this job-given stun!!

 

Maybe

내가 아파서 그래

this is cause I’m sick

생각이 많은 탓

at fault are my many thoughts

I hate that

단순하지 못한 치기 어린 나

childishness couldn’t be simple for me, though I’m young

 

나도 참 어려 몸만 어른

I really am young, old only in body

절뚝거려 인생 걸음

I'm limping my way down the path of life

One for the laugh, two for the show

Just like I’m so fine

 

Everyday 나를 위로해

Everyday I console myself

다 똑같은 사람이야 ain’t so special

“All people are the same, ya ain’t so special”

Ay man keep one, two step

차분하게 모두 치료해보자고

I say we all try to calmly cure

나의 병

my disease

벼벼벼벼병 

(di-di-di-di-dis-ease)

버려 겁

throw out the fear

거거거거겁 

(f-f-f-f-fear)

 

마음에도 방학이 필요해

Even my heart needs a vacation

아 그냥 일은 일로 해

Ah, just work at work

I’m ill, 그래 내가 일 그 자체

I’m ill, yeah, I’m work itself

쉼이란 친구 oh I never liked him

This friend called “resting”, oh I never liked him

얼마를 벌어야 행복하겠니?

How do I need to earn to be happy?

이 유리 같은 병이 때리지 니 머리

This glass-like disease, it strikes at your head

병든 게 세상인지 난지 헷갈려

Something’s diseased, confused if it’s the world or me

안경을 벗어도 어둠은 안 흐릿해져

Though I take off my glasses, the dark doesn’t get blurrier

이 시간 뒤에 어떤 라벨이 붙건

No matter the kind of label we’ll affix to this time once it’s passed,

부디 그게 전부 너길 바래

Please, let it be all you

너의 너, 너

your you, you

 

다들 병들이 많아 내가 헷갈리는 건

We’ve got a lot of diseases, what I’m confused about is

인간이란 본디 추악함을 가진다는 것

that to carry the terrible is to be human

마음의 병의 가짓수들만 400개가 더

that diseases of the mind are only numbered in the 400s,

되는데 해당 안 되는 자 거 별로 없단 것

but there aren’t many to whom these don’t apply

Yo 병든 게 세상인지 나인지

yo, something’s diseased, is it the world or me?

단순히 바라보는 해석들의 차인지

If i’m simply staring at a difference of interpretations

그게 다인지

if that’s all,

I don’t know 누군가를 바꿔보는 것

I don’t know, to try changing someone else...

그것보다 빠른 것은 내가 변화하는 것

faster than that would be to change myself

 

Maybe

내가 아파서 그래

this is cause I’m sick

생각이 많은 탓

at fault are my many thoughts

I hate that

단순하지 못한 치기 어린 나

childishness couldn’t be simple for me, though I’m young

 

나도 참 어려 몸만 어른

I really am young, old only in body

절뚝거려 인생 걸음

I'm limping my way down the path of life

One for the laugh, two for the show

Just like I’m so fine

 

Everyday 나를 위로해

Everyday I console myself

다 똑같은 사람이야 ain’t so special

“All people are the same, ya ain’t so special”

Ay man keep one, two step

차분하게 모두 치료해보자고

I say we all try to calmly cure

나의 병

my disease

벼벼벼벼병 

(di-di-di-di-dis-ease)

버려 겁

throw out the fear

거거거거겁 

(f-f-f-f-fear)

 

(Sick & tired)

But I don’t wanna mess up

Cause life goes on

(Through the fire)

걸어갈게 더 나답게 woah

I will walk, to be more myself, woah

(Walk it, walk it, walk it)

밤이 되면 내 두 눈 감고서

With nightfall, when my eyes close

(Walk it, walk it, walk it)

내가 알던 날 다시 믿을래

I’d like to believe in myself as I knew me

 

자 일어나 one more time

Hey get up one more time

다시 아침이야 오늘을 나야 해

It’s morning again, gotta mend today

가보자고 one more night

I say we go one more night

이 끝에 뭐가 있을지 몰라 ayy

No idea if there’s something at the end of this ayy

Fly

영원한 밤은 없어

The eternal night is no more

난 강해졌어

I’ve grown stronger

불꽃이 터져

Set off the fireworks

I will never fade away

 

Everyday 나를 위로해

Everyday I console myself

다 똑같은 사람이야 ain’t so special

“All people are the same, ya ain’t so special”

Ay man keep one, two step

차분하게 모두 치료해보자고

I say we all try to calmly cure

나의 병

my disease

벼벼벼벼병 

(di-di-di-di-dis-ease)

버려 겁

throw out the fear

거거거거겁 

(f-f-f-f-fear)

버려 거거겁 버려

throw out the f-f-f-fear throw it

 

Translation Notes:

 

Okay the wordplay in this song is unmatched. It's incredible. But there are a few things you need to know, first.

 

English: Disease. Definition: illness. BTS have titled this "Dis-ease", meaning "unease". 

Korean: 병. Definition: illness. Can also mean "bottle". Often when the word "병" is used in this song, what they're actually referring to is the English "disease", except they mean "dis-ease". Is that clear?  For example, the line "I'm uneasy, this is a disease" carries the double meaning "I'm uneasy, this is "dis-ease".

 

In Namjoon's verse, the line "this glass-like disease, it strikes at your head", the word 병 carries the triple meaning of "disease,", "dis-ease" and "bottle". 

 

Also in Namjoon's verse- when he says "I'm ill", this contains a double meaning too. If you spell "ill" in hangul, you get "일", which translates to "work". "I'm ill", he says, then elaborates: "I'm work itself."  

 

This one might be a stretch, but for the line "Everyday I console myself, "all people are the same, ya ain't so special", I'm speculating that the 야 (ya) in 사람이야 doubles as "ya" as in "you". Therefore, turning this into the line they use to console/comfort themselves.  

 

 Anyway. Incredible song. There's always one on every album that takes me approximately eight hours to fully understand.