Korean

They call me 뱁새
욕봤지 이 세대
빨리 chase ‘em
황새 덕에 내 가랑인 탱탱
So call me 뱁새
욕봤지 이 세대
빨리 chase 'em
금수저로 태어난 내 선생님

알바 가면 열정페이
학교 가면 선생님
상사들은 행패
언론에선 맨날 몇 포 세대

룰 바꿔 change change
황새들은 원해 원해 maintain
그렇게는 안 되지 BANG BANG
이건 정상이 아냐
이건 정상이 아냐

아 노력노력 타령 좀 그만둬
아 오그라들어 내 두 손발도
아 노력 노력 아 노력 노력
아 노랗구나 싹수가
역시 황새

노력타령 좀 그만둬
아 오그라들어 내 두 손발도
아 노력 노력 아 노력 노력
아 노랗구나 싹수가

역시 황새야 실망 안 시켜
역시 황새야 이름 값 하네
역시 황새야 다 해먹어라
역시 황새야 황새야

They call me 뱁새
욕봤지 이 세대
빨리 chase 'em
황새 덕에 내 가랑인 탱탱
So call me 뱁새
욕봤지 이 세대
빨리 chase 'em
금수저로 태어난 내 선생님

난 뱁새다리 넌 황새다리
걔넨 말하지 내 다린 백만 불짜리
내 게 짧은데 어찌 같은 종목 하니
They say 똑같은 초원이면 괜찮잖니
Never Never Never

룰 바꿔 change change
황새들은 원해 원해 maintain
그렇게는 안 되지 BANG BANG
이건 정상이 아냐
이건 정상이 아냐

아 노력노력 타령 좀 그만둬
아 오그라들어 내 두 손발도
아 노력 노력 아 노력 노력
아 노랗구나 싹수가
역시 황새

노력 타령 좀 그만둬
아 오그라들어 내 두 손발도
아 노력 노력 아 노력 노력
아 노랗구나 싹수가
역시 황새야

내 탓이라니 너 농담이지
공평하다니 oh are you crazy
이게 정의라니 
you mu be kiddin’ me
You mu be kiddin’ me
you you mu be kiddin’ me

아 노력노력 타령 좀 그만둬
아 오그라들어 내 두 손발도
아 노력 노력 아 노력 노력
아 노랗구나 싹수가
역시 황새

노력 타령 좀 그만둬
아 오그라들어 내 두 손발도
아 노력 노력 아 노력 노력
아 노랗구나 싹수가

우린 뱁새야 실망 안 시켜
우린 뱁새야 이름값하네
우린 뱁새야 같이 살자고
우린 뱁새야 뱁새야

They call me 뱁새
욕봤지 이 세대
빨리 chase 'em
황새 덕에 내 가랑인 탱탱
So call me 뱁새
욕봤지 이 세대
빨리 chase 'em
금수저로 태어난 내 선생님

 

English

They call me baepsae*
We were cursed at, this generation
Quickly, chase ’em
Thanks to the stork, my legs spread**
So call me baepsae*
We were cursed at, this generation
Quickly, chase ’em
My teacher who was born with a gold spoon and chopsticks***

At a part-time job, it’s passion pay
At school, it’s the teachers
The superiors’ violence
The number of generations in the media everyday****

Change the rules, change change
The storks want it, want it, maintain
It won’t work that way BANG BANG
This isn’t normal
This isn’t normal

Ah, quit your efforts on singing that song
Ah, my two hands and feet are shriveling up*****
Ah, effort effort, ah, effort effort
Ah, the chances are slim
As expected of the stork

Ah, quit your efforts on singing that song
Ah, my two hands and feet are shriveling up*****
Ah, effort effort, ah, effort effort
Ah, the chances are slim

As expected of storks, they don’t disappoint
As expected of storks, they earn their name
As expected of storks, they’re the boss
As expected of storks, of storks

They call me baepsae*
We were cursed at, this generation
Quickly, chase ’em
Thanks to the stork, my legs spread**
So call me baepsae*
We were cursed at, this generation
Quickly, chase ’em
My teacher who was born with a gold spoon and chopsticks***

I have the legs of a baepsae*, you have the legs of a stork
They said, “my legs are worth a million dollars”
Mine are short, how can you do the same events
They say, if it’s the same meadow, it’s it okay
Never Never Never

Change the rules, change change
The storks want it, want it, maintain
It won’t work that way BANG BANG
This isn’t normal
This isn’t normal

Ah, quit your efforts on singing that song
Ah, my two hands and feet are shriveling up*****
Ah, effort effort, ah, effort effort
Ah, the chances are slim
As expected of the stork

Ah, quit your efforts on singing that song
Ah, my two hands and feet are shriveling up*****
Ah, effort effort, ah, effort effort
Ah, the chances are slim
As expected of the stork

Saying that it’s my fault, you’re joking, right?
Saying that it’s fair, oh are you crazy
Saying that this is justice
you mu be kiddin’ me
You mu be kiddin’ me
you you mu be kiddin’ me

Ah, quit your efforts on singing that song
Ah, my two hands and feet are shriveling up*****
Ah, effort effort, ah, effort effort
Ah, the chances are slim
As expected of the stork

Ah, quit your efforts on singing that song
Ah, my two hands and feet are shriveling up*****
Ah, effort effort, ah, effort effort
Ah, the chances are slim

We’re baepsae*, we don’t disappoint
We’re baepsae*, we earned our name
We’re baepsae*, let’s live together
We’re baepsae*, baepsae*

They call me baepsae*
We were cursed at, this generation
Quickly, chase ’em
Thanks to the stork, my legs spread**
So call me baepsae*
We were cursed at, this generation
Quickly, chase ’em
My teacher who was born with a gold spoon and chopsticks***

Translator’s Notes:

* 뱁새/Baepsae is a Korean Crow-Tit but it is also used to call someone who ruins themselves by trying to imitate/copy people who are better than them.
It comes from the saying 뱁새가 황새 걸음을 걸으면 가랑이가 찢어진다 meaning “If a crow-tit walks like a stork, it will tear its legs”
** Refers to the crow-tit trying to copy the stork by spreading its legs 
*** Meaning well-off or fortunate
**** The media calls the recent generations who give up on childbirth, marriage, love, dating, etc and they are refer to as 3 / 4 / 5포 세대
***** Meaning that he’s cringing

 
 

Trans cr; Mary & Sihyun @ bts-trans
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