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Lim Hyunsik - Dear Love English Translation
Feb 6, 202100:03:24Tap to summarizeLim Hyunsik - Dear Love English Translation Dear love, you, who is involved with me Please don't be in pain because I'll be in pain too Oh my love, how is the sky where you are? Are you also looking at the moon And longing for me? Across the vast universe, far away Wherever in the world we are We can see and feel love, faster than the speed of light My love We will hold each other once again And become the perfect love In the end, we will meet As we did when we first met We should be in love There is no space between us Don't worry Because we're not coincidence, we're destiny Dear love, you, who is involved with me Don't change, I don't wanna change My love Across the vast universe, far away Wherever in the world we are We can see and feel love, faster than the speed of light My love We will hold each other once again And become the perfect love In the end, we will meet As we did when we first met We should be in love Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah We should be in love COPYRIGHT: Writer(s): Hyun Sik Lim
Transcribe →The Invitation - Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Feb 6, 202100:03:51Tap to summarizeIt doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human. It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, ‘Yes.’ It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children. It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments. By Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Transcribe →Love and Life Quotes by Scott Fitzgerald
Feb 5, 202100:03:29Tap to summarizeBefore I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation– the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true. F. Scott Fitgerald For what it’s worth... it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start over again. F. Scott Fitzgerald I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Transcribe →All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," by Robert Fulgham
Feb 4, 202100:02:39Tap to summarizeAll I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," by Robert Fulgham All of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school. These are the things I learned... Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Give them to someone who feels sad. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day. Take a nap every afternoon. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Transcribe →“If Life is a Question Mark” by Tyler Knott Gregson
Feb 4, 202100:02:23Tap to summarize“If Life is a Question Mark” by Tyler Knott Gregson What if all we have ever wanted isn’t hiding in some secret and far away dream but inside of us now as we breathe one another and find home in the way our arms always seem to fit perfectly around the spaces between us? What if we are the answer and love is the question? What if all this time it was us you were supposed to find? I am filled with wonderings and questions and doubt but of one thing I am certain: it will always be you that gives flight to the butterflies inside me, calm to the sea I have become and hope to the darkness all around us. It is you and it has always been you... You that soothes and excites and spreads joy like rainfall on the already damp earth; You that pulled me from the longest sleep and kissed my tired eyelids awake. If life were a question mark, then you my love are the proud and bold period that is typed with certainty.
Transcribe →From “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo
Feb 4, 202100:01:42Tap to summarizeFrom “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo “We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.”
Transcribe →Promise Yourself by Christian D. Larson
Feb 2, 202100:03:40Tap to summarizePromise Yourself To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile. To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds. To live in faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you. Christian D. Larson, Your Forces and How to Use Them
Transcribe →Describing Love by Bob Marley
Feb 2, 202100:04:30Tap to summarize“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.” Bob Marley
Transcribe →Seo In Guk – Seasons of the Heart
Feb 2, 202100:04:50Tap to summarizeSeo In Guk – Seasons of the Heart English Translation Like a seasonal cold, I’m sick over you Without fail, without exception It’s hard even to breathe So how can I smile? How can I forget you? I won’t expect anything You just need to come to me as if nothing happened You’re my yesterday, today and tomorrow Like the sunlight of memories, like the stars that protect the night You come to me familiarly, every day You’re my spring, summer, fall and winter In between the seasons, I’m left all alone Far away without a single trace Cause I Love You Cause I Love You The wind that blows between us Will it connect us even after time passes? I won’t expect anything You just need to come to me as if nothing happened You’re my yesterday, today and tomorrow Like the sunlight of memories, like the stars that protect the night You come to me familiarly, every day You’re my spring, summer, fall and winter In between the seasons, I’m left all alone Far away without a single trace Cause I Love love love love love love This moment Cause I Love love love love love love You’re My Love My heart that I barely emptied, it’s filled again It shakes up my heart The more I hurt, the more I want you You’re my eyes, words, breath Without you I can’t live a single day I’m calling out to you like this After the long spring, summer, fall and winter As long as the wind quickly runs over I hope you’ll long for me, though we’re far apart Cause I Love love love love love love This moment Cause I Love love love love love love You’re My Love
Transcribe →I Love You Without Knowing How by Pablo Neruda
Feb 2, 202100:02:13Tap to summarizeI do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
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