Paul Kim
Every day, every moment — Paul Kim: meaning, key lines and pronunciation
First verse: the song, every line and what it means — in sync나는 너 하나로 충분해na·neun neo ha·na·ro chung·bun·haeYou alone are enough for meListen to this line with the translationNo sign-upWhat the song is about
Paul Kim’s “Every day, every moment” is a tender love song about the one person who made hard times bearable and whom the singer now wants to protect. That person is a warm embrace, a place to rest and a ray of sunlight, while a flower that blooms and fades hints at how fleeting life can be. Even with an unknown future, the singer longs to stay close and to return on a breezy, bright day.
Key lines
4 lines from the song in Korean, with how they sound and what they mean. The full line-by-line breakdown lives in the app.
나는 너 하나로 충분해Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): na·neun neo ha·na·ro chung·bun·hae
Meaning: You alone are enough for me
Words in this line- 나는na·neunI
- 너neoyou
- 하나로ha·na·roas just one
- 충분해chung·bun·haeis enough
Word for word: I-topic you one-as enough-am
Why it doesn't translate word for word: '하나로' means 'as just one', '충분해' means 'is enough'; the meaning is a confession that no one else is needed.
한줄기 빛처럼 다가와 날 웃게 해준 너 우 워Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): han·jul·gi bit·cheo·reom da·ga·wa nal ut·kke hae·jun neo u wo
Meaning: You, like a single ray of light that came and made me smile, oh woah
Words in this line- 한줄기han·jul·gia ray
- 빛처럼bit·cheo·reomlike light
- 다가와da·ga·wacoming closer
- 날nalme
- 웃게ut·kketo laugh
- 해준hae·junwho made (me)
- 너neoyou
- 우uoh
- 워wowoah
Word for word: One-ray light-like approaching me laugh made-who you oo woah
Why it doesn't translate word for word: The particle 처럼 ("like") fuses onto the noun (빛처럼, "light-like"), and the causative verb 웃게 해준 ("made [me] laugh") stacks two verbs into one, which is why the literal version sounds broken. It means you came like a single ray of light and made the speaker smile. Key words: 처럼 (like, as), 웃게 하다 (to make someone laugh).
긴 말 안 해도 눈빛으로 다 아니깐Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): gin mal an hae·do nun·bi·cheu·ro da a·ni·kkan
Meaning: Even without long words, I know it all through your eyes
Words in this line- 긴ginlong
- 말malwords
- 안annot
- 해도hae·doeven if
- 눈빛으로nun·bi·cheu·rowith (your) eyes
- 다daall
- 아니깐a·ni·kkanbecause I know
Word for word: Long words not even-doing eyes-with all know-because
Why it doesn't translate word for word: '아니깐' is not 'to not be' but a casual 'because I know' from 알다. The line also has no explicit subject or object pronoun — both are supplied by context.
네 품속에 있는 지금 순간 순간이Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): ne pum·so·ge in·neun ji·geum sun·gan sun·ga·ni
Meaning: Every single moment, right now, in your embrace
Words in this line- 네neyour
- 품속에pum·so·gein embrace
- 있는in·neunbeing in
- 지금ji·geumnow
- 순간sun·ganmoment
- 순간이sun·ga·nimoment
Word for word: Your embrace-in being now moment moment-it
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 품속 literally means inside the chest — the image of an embrace; 있는 turns being in the embrace into a description of moment; the repeated 순간 순간 means every single moment one after another, not two different moments.
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Words from the song in Korean alphabetical order, with pronunciation and meaning.
| Word | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 갈게 | gal·kke | I'll come |
| 고단했던 | go·dan·haet·tteon | that was weary |
| 고된 | go·doen | toilsome |
| 그날처럼 | geu·nal·cheo·reom | like that day |
| 그댈 | geu·dael | you |
| 꽃이 | kko·chi | flower(subj.) |
| 꿈이라고 | kku·mi·ra·go | as if a dream |
| 날에 | na·re | on the day |
| 내게 | nae·ge | to me |
| 너에게로 | neo·e·ge·ro | to you |
| 눈물이나 | nun·mu·ri·na | tears come |
| 눈부셨다 | nun·bu·syeot·tta | was dazzling |
| 눈부신 | nun·bu·sin | dazzling |
| 모든 | mo·deun | every |
| 송이의 | song·i·ui | of a blossom |
| 지는 | ji·neun | that fades |
| 피고 | pi·go | blooms and |
| 함께해 | ham·kke·hae | let's be together |
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Questions about “Every day, every moment”
What is “Every day, every moment” by Paul Kim about?
Paul Kim’s “Every day, every moment” is a tender love song about the one person who made hard times bearable and whom the singer now wants to protect.
What does “나는 너 하나로 충분해” mean in “Every day, every moment”?
You alone are enough for me. '하나로' means 'as just one', '충분해' means 'is enough'; the meaning is a confession that no one else is needed.
What does “한줄기 빛처럼 다가와 날 웃게 해준 너 우 워” mean in “Every day, every moment”?
You, like a single ray of light that came and made me smile, oh woah. The particle 처럼 ("like") fuses onto the noun (빛처럼, "light-like"), and the causative verb 웃게 해준 ("made [me] laugh") stacks two verbs into one, which is why…
How do you pronounce “긴 말 안 해도 눈빛으로 다 아니깐”?
In the song it sounds roughly like “gin mal an hae·do nun·bi·cheu·ro da a·ni·kkan”: that's how it's actually sung by Paul Kim, not the textbook romanization.
Where can I see every line of “Every day, every moment” explained?
This page explains 4 key lines. In the theIDOL app Taejun goes through all 27 lines word by word, in sync with the song; the first verse is free and needs no sign-up.
Official audio (album track)
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Credits and sources
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- Paul Kim
- Official audio
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