SUNG HANBIN
UNDEAD — SUNG HANBIN: meaning, key lines and pronunciation
First verse: the song, every line and what it means — in sync이 또한 사랑이라 부를래i tto·han sa·rang·i·ra bu·reul·laeI'll call this love too.Listen to this line with the translationNo sign-upWhat the song is about
SUNG HANBIN's “UNDEAD” is about walking back into a painful, obsessive love and coming out of it stronger. The singer lets someone hurt and mark him, yet that person stays lodged in his mind, and he calls it love anyway. Fire, ash, wounds and a thicket of thorns surround him, but he refuses to turn away, and the song climbs from dizzy pain toward a fragile glimmer of light and a hard-won breath.
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.
이 또한 사랑이라 부를래Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): i tto·han sa·rang·i·ra bu·reul·lae
Meaning: I'll call this love too.
Words in this line- 이ithis
- 또한tto·hanalso
- 사랑이라sa·rang·i·raas love
- 부를래bu·reul·laeI'll call
부르다 means to call or name, and the ending -ㄹ래 expresses the speaker's own decision, roughly 'fine, I'll call it that'.
낯선 숨결 속Listen from this lineRomanization (as sung): nat·sseon sum·gyeol sok
Meaning: In an unfamiliar breath
Words in this line- 낯선nat·sseonunfamiliar
- 숨결sum·gyeolbreath
- 속sokinside
Word for word: Unfamiliar breath inside.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 낯선 alone means strange or unfamiliar, and 숨결 means breath, but as the felt presence of a person rather than the act of breathing. 속 'inside' turns the phrase into 'in the very closeness of a stranger'. The literal version sounds fragmentary, while the real meaning is the feeling of being near someone unknown.
닳고 찢겨도Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): dal·ko jjit·kkyeo·do
Meaning: Even if I'm worn down and torn
Words in this line- 닳고dal·koworn and
- 찢겨도jjit·kkyeo·doeven if torn
Word for word: Wearing-and even though torn.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 닳고 (wearing down, and) and 찢겨도 (even if torn) are linked by endings. -고 joins the actions and -어도 means even if. Together they form a concession: no matter how worn and ripped I get, I go on, which the literal version does not convey.
홀린 듯 깊은 곳에서Listen to the first verse — freeRomanization (as sung): hol·lin deut gi·peun go·se·seo
Meaning: As if entranced, from the depths
Words in this line- 홀린hol·linbewitched
- 듯deutas if
- 깊은gi·peundeep
- 곳에서go·se·seofrom the place
Word for word: Bewitched as-if, from a deep place.
Why it doesn't translate word for word: 홀린 means 'bewitched' and 듯 means 'as if', so together they say 'as if in a trance'. 곳 literally means 'place', but in 깊은 곳 it just means 'the depths', not a specific spot.
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Words from the song in Korean alphabetical order, with pronunciation and meaning.
| Word | Sounds like | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 감각 | gam·gak | sensation |
| 겁내지 | geom·nae·ji | to fear |
| 길들인 | gil·deu·rin | tamed |
| 깊어지는 | gi·peo·ji·neun | deepening |
| 끌어안아 | kkeu·reo·a·na | hug close |
| 끝에 | kkeu·te | at the end |
| 날카론 | nal·ka·ron | sharp |
| 날카롭고 | nal·ka·rop·kko | sharp and |
| 남김없이 | nam·gi·meop·ssi | leaving nothing |
| 네게 | ne·ge | to you |
| 눈빛에 | nun·bi·che | at the gaze |
| 벌어진 | beo·reo·jin | opened up |
| 상처로 | sang·cheo·ro | by a wound |
| 새까만 | sae·kka·man | jet-black |
| 속에서 | so·ge·seo | from within |
| 어둠 | eo·dum | darkness |
| 피어올라 | pi·eo·ol·la | bloom and rise |
| 험한 | heom·han | rough |
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Questions about “UNDEAD”
What is “UNDEAD” by SUNG HANBIN about?
SUNG HANBIN's “UNDEAD” is about walking back into a painful, obsessive love and coming out of it stronger.
What does “낯선 숨결 속” mean in “UNDEAD”?
In an unfamiliar breath. 낯선 alone means strange or unfamiliar, and 숨결 means breath, but as the felt presence of a person rather than the act of breathing.
What does “닳고 찢겨도” mean in “UNDEAD”?
Even if I'm worn down and torn. 닳고 (wearing down, and) and 찢겨도 (even if torn) are linked by endings.
How do you pronounce “이 또한 사랑이라 부를래”?
In the song it sounds roughly like “i tto·han sa·rang·i·ra bu·reul·lae”: that's how it's actually sung by SUNG HANBIN, not the textbook romanization.
Where can I see every line of “UNDEAD” explained?
This page explains 4 key lines. In the theIDOL app Youngjae goes through all 74 lines word by word, in sync with the song; the first verse is free and needs no sign-up.
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Credits and sources
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- SUNG HANBIN
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