1st Asian Song Festival - Arirang by eS.Korea

Day 2,187, 05:44 • Published in South Korea Poland • by sjforever

Hello,

For the 1st eAsia Song Festival, South Korea's song will be Arirang, the unofficial national anthem of Korea.

The song has many variants and been performed by various singers, so it was hard to choose one on youtube.

Singer: Youn Sun Nah(나윤선)
Song: Arirang (아리랑)
Youtube ink: http://youtu.be/whpKI2UtQkg

Here are the lyrics (from wikipedia, Korea/Romanization/English)

아리랑, 아리랑, 아라리요...
Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo...
Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo...
아리랑 고개로 넘어간다.
Arirang gogaero neomeoganda.
Crossing over Arirang Pass(Hill)
(x2)

나를 버리고 가시는 님은/ 십리도 못가서 발병난다.
Nareul beorigo gasineun nimeun/ Simnido motgaseo balbbyeongnanda.
Dear who abandoned me [here]
Shall not walk even ten li(unit for distance. About 4km) before his/her feet hurt.

아리랑, 아리랑, 아라리요...
Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo...
Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo...
아리랑 고개로 넘어간다.
Arirang gogaero neomeoganda.
Crossing over Arirang Pass(Hill).
(x2)

청천하늘엔 별도 많고/ 우리네 가슴엔 수심도 많다
Cheongcheonghaneuren byeoldo manko/ Ine gaseumen sushimdo manta
Just as there are many stars in the clear sky,
There are also many worries in our heart.

(Instrument)

서산에 지는 해는 지고 싶어 지나/ 나를 버리고 가시는 님은 가고 싶어 가나
Seosane jineun haeneun jigo seepeo jina/ Nal beorigo gaseenun nimun gago seepeo gana
The Sun on the West mountain would want to go sunset?
You, who abandoned me, would want to go?

아리랑, 아리랑, 아라리요...
Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo...
Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo...
아리랑 고개로 넘어간다.
Arirang gogaero neomeoganda.
Crossing over Arirang Pass(Hill).

Nah younsun, the performer, is a Korean jazz singer.



There are other version of Arirang.

Original version is here: The singers are in Korean traditional costume in this video.
http://youtu.be/gkM_LXUCMeA


It is also performed by orchestra. The following was arranged by North Korean and performed by NY Philharmonic in PyongYang, the capital of North Korea.

NY Philharmonic performs Korean traditional folk song "Arirang" in Pyong Yang
http://youtu.be/i-OUt3IFlzk


Yuna Kim was skating to Arirang, too.
http://youtu.be/ULFJ_AtLWX8