Lyn (린) - 시간을 거슬러 (The Moon That Embraces The Sun OST) [MV HD ENG SUB]

Lyn- 시간을 거슬러 (Back in Time) lyrics [Eng. | Rom. | Han.]

Now i want to introduce fusion traditional drama. The moon that embraces the sun is based on the novel of the same title, depicting the first love of a fictional king, set in the royal court of the Chosun Dynasty. It is a sad but beautiful love story of innocent young people, with the story developing around the conflicts and conspiracy of political powers vying for the throne against the king’s efforts for good politics. 

 a quality fusion historical drama enhanced by the strong acting of the main and supporting actors, its visual appeal for targeting young viewers. 

So even the drama story is past time of the Chosun, it is more trendy than historical drama and focus on the love and romance. 

SUMMARY OR THE DRAMA

Heo Yeon-u, the daughter of a high-ranking official, visits the royal court with her mother to see her brother attend a ceremony congratulating his first place in the state examination. By chance, she comes across crown prince Lee Hwon, and the two feel attracted by each other. Yeon-u’s brother, a person of high scholarship with a great personality, is ordered by the king to become the mentor of the crown prince. After learning that his mentor is Yeon-u’s brother, the crown prince uses him as a messenger of love. 
Inside the palace, there is a conspiracy to have Yoon Bo-gyeong, the daughter of a family clan that is in opposition to the king, selected as the crown princess. Lee Hwon manages to have Yeon-u selected as the crown princess, but his great-grandmother Yoon asks shaman Nok-yeong to cast a spell on Yeon-u so that she becomes stricken with an unknown sickness. Yeon-u is taken to her home in her last remaining days of life, and passes away. Nok-yeong secretly visits Yeon-u’s father and tells him how to break the spells. Upon being resurrected from her grave, Yeon-u lives her life as a shaman by the name Wol, without any recollection of her past. Meanwhile, after Yeon-u’s believed death, Yoon Bo-gyeong becomes the crown princess and expands her political power in the court. Amid difficult political circumstances, Lee Hwon grows to be a cold and aloof king. As time passes, his yearning for Yeon-u only grows. One day, he sets out on an excursion to a hot spring. Seeing him in the royal procession from afar, Yeon-u (Wol) becomes confused as Hwon comes back vaguely in her memory.

As we know, the Chosun dynasty was ruled by Confucianism. However, at that time, it  still coexistence  with shamanism. In the shaman,people believe that the Sun symbolises a king. So there was only one man can be a sun which is the fate which only a king or a future king posses. However, two man were born during that time. so royal family members who wanted to  lead future, they make conspiracy of political power by using shaman power. 

HERE IS THE O.S.T

sung by Lyn , Back in time

LYRICS:

구름에 빛은 흐려지고

창가에 요란히 내리는

빗물소리 만큼 시린 기억들이

내 마음 붙잡고 있는데

갈수록 짙어져간

그리움에 잠겨

시간을 거슬러 갈순 없나요

그 때처럼만 그대 날 안아주면

괜찮을텐데 이젠

젖어든 빗길을 따라가

함께한 추억을 돌아봐

흐려진 빗물에 떠오른 그대가

내 눈물 속에서 차올라와

갈수록 짙어져간

그리움에 잠겨

시간을 거슬러 갈순 없나요

그 때처럼만 그대 날 안아주면

괜찮을텐데 이젠

흩어져가, 나와 있어주던 그 시간도 그 모습도

다시 그 때처럼만 그대를 안아서

시간을 거슬러 갈수 없나요

한번이라도 마지막일지라도

괜찮을텐데

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English Translation 

As the light dims by the clouds

The memories that are as cold as the raindrops that are pounding down the window

Are grabbing onto my heart

*Sunk in the longing that gets heavier as time passes

Can I travel back time?

If you hug me just like you did before

Then I will be better

I follow the wet and rainy road

And look back to our memories

The blurry rain reminds me of you

And you fill up in my tears

*Repeat

It scatters – the times you were with me, the memories you were with me

Can I travel back time and hug you just like before?

Just for once, even if it’s last

I’ll be better

this drama is more focused on the love between king and girl. so music is also quite more trendy and contemporary. however, lyrics still has Han feeling which is lighter than historical drama o.s.t. and depicts not a sorrow of own's fate but a yearning for meeting lovers.  

REFERENCE

Palais, James B. Politics and Policy in Traditional Korea, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1975.

www.visitkorea.or.kr

조수미 If I Leave 나 가거든) MV (2001) (360p)

Jo Sumi - If I Leave (lyrics & english subtitles)

Drama,Empress Myungsung, is a historical drama, aired in 2001. The drama is about the life of the last Korean empress, Empress Myung Sung who married with King Gojong. it shows her biography in Chosun dynasty and tragic of her life. 

BRIEF  SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL ACCIDENT 

Within a year of King Gojong's accession to the throne, representatives of Meiji Japan appeared in Seoul to demand that the Koreans pay tribute. They also requested to make treaty to get in to the Chosun easily. Behind back of their mind, by making treaty, they wanted to dominate the Chosun. However queen min kept making relationship with Russia to prevent japan's power. Japan's agents and officials in Seoul, well aware of Queen Min's appeals to Russia, countered by approaching her old nemesis and father-in-law, the Taewongun. 

In the fall of 1895, Japanese ambassador to Korea Miura Goro formulated a plan to assassinate Queen Min, a plan that he named "Operation Fox Hunt." Early in the morning of October 8, 1895, a group of fifty Japanese and Korean assassins launched their assault on Gyeongbokgung Palace. They seized King Gojong, but did not harm him. Then, they attacked the queen consort's sleeping quarters, dragging out the queen and three or four of her attendants.

The assassins questioned the women to make sure that they had Queen Min, then slashed them with swords, stripped, and raped them. The Japanese displayed the queen's dead body to several other foreigners in the area, particularly the Russians, so that they knew their ally was dead, and then carried her body to the forest outside the palace walls. There, the assassins doused Queen Min's body with kerosene and burned it, scattering her ashes.

HERE IS THE O.S.T
If i Leave , Sumi Joo

Hangul ::

쓸쓸한 달빛 아래

내 그림자 하나 생기거든

그땐 말해볼까요 이 마음

들어나 주라고

문득 새벽을 알리는

그 바람 하나가 지나거든

그저 한숨쉬듯 물어볼까요,

나는 왜 살고 있는지

나 슬퍼도 살아야 하네

나 슬퍼서 살아야 하네

이 삶이 다 하고 나야 알텐데

내가 이 세상을 다녀간 그 이율

나 가고 기억하는 이

나 슬픔까지도 사랑했다 말해주길

흩어진 노을처럼

내 아픈 기억도 바래지면

그땐 웃어질까요 이 마음,

그리운 옛일로

저기 홀로선 별 하나

나의 외로움을 아는건지

차마 날 두고는 떠나지 못해

밤새 그 자리에만

나 슬퍼도 살아야 하네

나 슬퍼서 살아야 하네

이 삶이 다 하고 나야 알텐데

내가 이 세상을 다녀간 그 이율

나 가고 기억하는 이

내 슬픔까지도 사랑하길 우우~

부디 먼 훗날

나 가고 슬퍼하는 이

나 슬픔속에도 행복했다 믿게…

English ::

Undermeath the cold moonlight

If I can see my shadow lying there

shall I just tell you how I feel inside all thet is in my heart~

If the wind may blow on my heart,

telling me again thar I'm alone

should I just give out a sigh and ask myself

why do I have to live myself

though I may be sad I've got to live

because I feel so sad I must go on~

I know that I will understand when I'm gone

why I just had to live my life here in this world~

you were the only one for me~

though sorrow of my heart you loved me so~

please tell me so

like the evening light so falls

If all my memories just fade away

will I hold on to joy that's in my heart

oh,days of long a go~

wonder if the star in the sky

he know hoe I feel,my loneliness

maybe that is why he is there withme

he just there all through the night

though I may be sad I've got to live

because I feel so sad I must go on~

I know that I will understand when I'm gone

why I just had to live~ my life here in this world~

you were the only one for me~

though sorrow of my heart you loved me so~oh,

I hope some day

you were the one to cry for~

me that made me full of joy though I was sad~

my love

This song is sung by Sumi Joo. its lyrics shows sorrow of Myungsung's tragic life.  This song also reflect Han, which is a condition marked by deep sorrow and a sense of incompleteness that can have fatal consequences. Drama and song shows the period of the Chosun went hard time before taken under by Japan.  

REFERENCE

Seth, Michael J. A History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.

Kim Chun-Gil. The History of Korea, ABC-CLIO, 2005

Onara-Ost Dae Jang Geum [Rom+Eng Sub]

Onara-Ost Dae Jang Geum

The TV miniseries Daejanggeum, or Jewel in the Palace, which aired on MBC from September 15, 2003 to March 23, 2004. The miniseries is based on the story of a real historical figure (Jang-geum) who was the first and only woman to serve as head physician to the King in the rigidly hierarchical and male-dominated social structure of the Chosun Dynasty. 



There are two elements to catching the viewers attention. One is the successful rise of a female, which is rarely covered in historical genre, and the other one is the elements of traditional food and medicine. 





HERE IS THE SYNOPSIS OF DAEJANGGEUM.



Jang-geum is the daughter of Seo Cheon-su, a former judicial officer-turned butcher (the lowest social class) who lives in hiding after being expelled from the royal palace, and Madame Park, a former court lady working in the royal kitchen who narrowly escaped death following a murderous conspiracy planned by Court Lady Choi. As a young child, Jang-geum loses both parents and enters the royal palace in the kitchen. In the royal kitchen, she spends a harsh childhood in continuous competition with Choi Geum-yeong. Under the protection and tutelage of Court Lady Han, Jang-geum makes every effort to become the best cook in the palace. Her endeavors enable her to become a recognized cook; but Lady Choi and her faction, jealous of the success of Lady Han and Jang-geum, plot a conspiracy, which leads to the death of Lady Han and Jang-geum’s expulsion from the royal palace. Jang-geum is relegated to the position of maidservant for the local government office on Jeju Island. While in exile, Jang-geum learns medicine. Through native intelligence and patient efforts, she earns her reputation as a woman doctor on the island. After a time, she returns to the palace, where she is recognized by the king and becomes the royal physician, and also the first female physician in history to serve the king. The king falls in love with her, but she cannot return his love, as she is already in love with Min Jung-Ho, who has stood by her side during the most difficult times. 



As we can see in the drama, during the Joseon Dynasty, the society is ruled by confucianism,fully concentrated by the men. The men only can be eligible to take national exam to be a bureaucrat who can work in the palace and which is fastest way to success in the Chosun dynasty.  So women barely have chance to success, but they have to compete with people's prejudgments and stereotype that wohttp://youtu.be/O4H-Qrd1gTQmen can not do well compare with the men. Despite of difficulties, Jang-geum succeed as a first woman physician. 



HERE IS THE O.S.T



Korean lyrics:

Onara onara aju ona
Gadara gadara azulgrana
Nanari daryeodo mot nonani
Aniri aniri ani none

Chorus:
He-i-ya di-i-ya heiyadara nino
Ojido mothana daryeo gama
Eiiya-diiiya eyanara niro
Ojido mothana daryeo gama


English translation:

If asked to come, will he really come?
If asked to leave, will he really leave?
Even after waiting for countless days, we will not be together
Nay, nay, it is nay

Chorus:
Heiiya-diiya heiiyadara nino
You cannot come, so take me instead
Eiiya-diiya eiyadara niro
You cannot come, so take me instead



This song was played when Jang-geum met some trouble in the palace, she tried to figure it out and struggle to solve the problem by herself. So it's lyrics contain her han(한),which is complex feeling of bitterness, a mixture of angst,endurance and a yearning. also Scholars have called han has also been described as a sense of hope, an ability to silently endure hardship and suffering in a relatively small nation with a long history of being invaded by more powerful neighbors. so it's song well stand Jang-geum's han and her situation. 

Reference



www.visitkorea.or.kr



John Glionna:A complex feeling tugs at Koreans.Los Angeles Times. web. 05. Jan. 2011

What is a purpose for this blog

     I've watched Korean drama since when i was young. Korean drama is easy to understand Korean cultural elements and music, especially the historical drama. So i am going to write about Korean historical drama which is based on the story of a real historical figures - Dae jang geum ( Jewel in the palace), Empress Myeongseong. This type of drama uses traditional songs- played by traditional instrument and lyrics. Also i will introduce Fusion traditional dramas which are loved by Korean and any other Asian countries- The moon embracing the sun. These two type of drama have same common that are based on old story but one is written by true story and the other is the fiction so more customized to the love story. So it uses more contemporary songs sung by K-Pop singers.

So i am going to let you know about the what is the different between historical drama and fusion traditional drama and what music are used in that kind of drama and what korean culture and characteristic we can watch.