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[deulleya]

"amoroso, beklemmt, intenso."

the fourth instalment of my musical translation series — following the creative process of a disillusioned composer as he struggles to regain his inspiration through murder. within the pages soaked in blood, lies a harrowing tale of friendship, ambition, love, guilt, and at the heart of it all, music.

the videos are not mine, but all translations are my own.

musical: sonata of a flame (광염 소나타)

cast (2024): [j] yang jiwon, kim zychul, hyun seokjoon, park junhwi • [s] kim kyoungsu, yoo seunghyun, yu taeyul, kim junyoung • [k] lee si-an, lim byeongkeun, lee hyunjae

synopsis: once hailed as a prodigy, the composer j now struggles to write even a single piece, stifled by the overwhelming success of his debut. fearing he will soon be forgotten by the world, j seeks out the acclaimed music professor k, hoping to revitalise his songwriting career. yet inspiration still does not strike — until the night j accidentally hits someone with his car. amidst the cloying scent of blood, a melody takes shape in his mind. that night, j feverishly pens the first movement of a sonata. learning the truth behind j's composition, k spurs j towards killing, and three more movements are crafted with spilled blood. the talented pianist s worries for his longtime friend j, all while j's inspiration dwindles yet again — and at last, k incites j to complete the final movement with the death of s. will j be able to finish writing his sonata?

the composer who completes his pieces through murder. the bloodstained five movements begin.

production: nangman barricade, theater yeonwoo (twitter / youtube)

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빛바래지지 않게 – so that the light doesn't fade

kim junyoung as s, yang jiwon as j

[S] What is it that you wanted to say? Hmm? You said you had something to tell me.

[J] I want to listen to your playing.

[S] What?

[J] Will you play for me, for the last time?

[S] I will, but only if you say it’s not the last time.

[J] I’m not joking around right now.

[S] I’m not joking around, either.

(S relents, then plays a silly tune on the piano.)

[J] What do you think you’re doing?!

[S] You look too solemn right now!

[J] Can’t you take me seriously for once?

[S] Then what should I play?

[J] A song that inspires you.

[S] Inspiration… Alright. The song I like most.

[S] Do you remember this? The first song you composed. Back then, when I hadn’t had any hope… Do you know what I thought upon hearing this song? "I want to pursue music too, just like you." Come here, let’s play together like we used to.

[S] Upon the keyboard, my fingers dance I’ll become the music notes, and you’ll become the rest signs Mormorando; quietly, as if whispering

[J] Sforzando; playing just that note with emphasis

[S] I'll quickly complete this music

[J] And go to you

[J, S] So that the light doesn’t fade

[ other pairings here (kim kyoungsu, kim zychul) and here (yoo seunghyun, yang jiwon), for different actors' interpretations of these characters and their (doomed) relationship. ]

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이름 없는 사람 – a person without a name

kim kyoungsu as s, park junhwi as j, lee hyunjae as k

[K] Do you know why I accepted him as my protégé? Those eyes. You wouldn’t know. I know that gaze better than anyone. The nature of that emotion. That anxiety, which you ultimately gave him.

[S] Don’t speak as if you know everything about us.

[K] It is impossible to linger forever in a fleeting moment of beauty. Realising that, he grew anxious. That’s why I helped him find freedom.

[S] Stop it! That filthy logic of yours is what pushed him to this extent. Why won’t you recognise that?

[S] A person, who respected Your music, to the tips of your fingers That person is eternally sacrificed within your greed With even his name erased

Those infernal late nights Born from your filthy lies How much did he tremble, in that darkness?

That so-called musical inspiration Has become an offering to your avarice As he composed pieces in that darkness How many tears did he shed?

[J] I can’t feel anything. Nothing at all!

[S] I wanted to see it The scene of you walking upon A path more torturous than death Even if, every night, I kill you again and again That person without a name can no longer return

My one and only person

[ bonus sitzprobe video, for a highlight medley of some numbers. ]

[ original korean lyrics here. ]

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김준영

이공공팔일륙

[deulleya]

"who am i? do i know myself?"

the thirteenth instalment of my musical translation series — in which a playwright and a painter connect across spatial and temporal barriers, seeking both inspiration and solace in each other, staged through a blend of post-impressionist paintings and the theatre of cruelty.

the videos are not mine, but all translations are my own.

musical: artaud, gogh (아르토, 고흐)

cast (2023): [antonin artaud] yoo seunghyun, ahn jaeyoung, yang jiwon • [vincent van gogh] cho poongrae, kim junyoung, park jwaheon • [the doctor] lim byeongkeun, lee hyeonghoon, lim byeol

synopsis: suffering from the aftereffects of meningitis and secluded in a mental institution, the playwright antonin artaud learns of the deceased painter vincent van gogh. gazing at the postcards of gogh's paintings, artaud sinks into the realm of his unconscious, seeking out gogh to validate his own creative beliefs. misunderstood and shunned by a world that does not understand their art, artaud and gogh soon find a kindred spirit in each other...

production: never ending play (twitter / youtube)

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마음 속 태양 – the sun in our hearts

kim junyoung as gogh, yoo seunghyun as artaud

[Gogh] Recall it; imagine it You just have to close your eyes The ocean in my heart is yellow And the sky in my imagination is green

Recall it; imagine it You just have to gaze at it for a long time Like the sun shining boundlessly in the dark universe There is a sun in our hearts too

Even if darkness encroaches upon our lives The sun in our hearts will not be extinguished Even if the sun sets in the twilight of our lives The sun in our hearts will burn a bright red

Life is lived to burn questions Asking and writhing endlessly Life is lived to burn questions Falling and climbing boundlessly

[Artaud] Gogh’s paint does not simply colour in the monochrome. He makes the stilled nature — the nature tied down and suppressed by society’s gaze — quiver and come to life without a care. With the steel hammer that is his paint, he makes all that was asleep dance.

[Gogh] Life is lived to burn questions Asking and writhing endlessly Life is lived to burn questions Falling and climbing boundlessly It is burning; it is burning

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링크 – link

kim junyoung as gogh, yoo seunghyun as artaud

[Artaud] Stars. Crows. Fields. Flowers. Trees. Skies. And again, stars.

[Artaud] I gaze at your painting I gaze at you, beyond your painting Your painting is burning Your questions are burning

Who are you? Do you know me? I want to meet you I want to ask you questions I want to burn you

[Gogh] I gaze at your face I gaze at you, beyond your face Your face is burning Your questions are burning

Who are you? Do you know me? I want to drink you I want to burn you I want to apply you

[All] If I burn you, can I know the answer? If I drink you, can I escape? If I apply you, can I live on? Who are you? (Who are you?) I burn you (I burn you)

The crow cries The fields dance The wine-coloured path Knocks on the afterlife’s door Passing by the gloomy underworld’s door The mystical door of the afterlife appears

[Artaud/Gogh] The straw hat / Dazzles the eyes The pipe between your lips / Gazes at you The torment of losing an ear / The abyssal waters of his calloused hand

[All] Engulfs him, sorrowfully

[Artaud] Wrapping not bandages, but paint Around his scorched hand

[Gogh] Carving the pain of scars Not into the heart, but upon the white wall

[All] Applying its paint onto the white wall Suffering moves my hand; I am alive Sorrow moves my hand; I am alive I am alive

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자연 – nature

kim junyoung as gogh, kim juho as the doctor, yoo seunghyun as artaud

[Doctor] Your two eyes are gazing towards death Your two hands are shaking with seizures Your sorrow, your seizures A madness and a curse

[Gogh] My two eyes are gazing towards nature My two hands are painting beyond nature My body is the wind, my body is a tree The sun and the universe

[Doctor] This brush is a knife that stabs you

[Gogh] This paint is the blood that cleanses my soul

[Doctor] In order to save your body

[Gogh] I must meet that person This brush is a knife that dismantles the world

[Doctor] This paint is the blood you spill

[Gogh] In order to protect my soul

[Doctor] You must kill your soul

[Doctor / Gogh] Sorrow / My body is the wind Seizures / My body is a tree Madness / My body is the sun Curse / My body is the universe

[Gogh / Doctor] Sorrow / Your sorrow Seizures / Your seizures Madness / Your madness Curse / Your curse

[All] Sorrow, seizures, madness, curse Sorrow, seizures, madness, curse

[Gogh] My body is the universe

[Doctor] Your curse

[D] This brush is a knife that stabs you [G] Sorrow, seizures

[D] Madness, curse [G] This paint is the blood that cleanses my soul

[D] In order to save your body [G] Sorrow, seizures

[D] Madness, curse [G] I must meet that person

[All] This brush is a knife that dismantles the world This paint is the blood that you spill In order to protect my soul You must kill your soul

[Doctor / Gogh / Artaud] Sorrow. / Wind. / The sorrowful wind. Seizures. / Tree. / The tree seizes. Madness. / Sun. / The sun’s madness Curse. / Universe. / Curses the universe.

[Gogh] You hear it too, don’t you? The voice calling to me from afar.

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산책 – a walk

yoo seunghyun as artaud, kim junyoung as gogh

[Artaud] It's dazzling; your painting Your two eyes that gaze at the world Your life, that falters as it walks Your life, torn apart by distorted eyes

[Gogh] It’s mystical; your mask Your two eyes that go beyond the world Your life, that falters as it walks Your life, shattered upon the era’s noise

[Artaud] Like seeds, the torn painting Is sown in the barren ground

[Gogh] Like salt, the shattered mask Is soaked by the cold ocean

[Artaud] When flowers bloom from the dry ground

[Gogh] When flowers bloom above the ocean

[All] May you be born again May you be born again

[A] It dazzles; your painting [G] It’s mystical; your mask

[A] Your two eyes that gaze at the world [G] Your two eyes that go beyond the world

[A] Your life, that falters as it walks [G] Your life, that falters as it walks

[A] Your life, torn apart by distorted eyes [G] Your life, shattered upon the era’s noise

[Artaud] It's dazzling; your painting

[Gogh] It’s mystical; your mask

[ original korean lyrics here. ]

[deulleya]

"sometimes, life resembles fiction more than fiction itself."

the ninth instalment of my musical translation series — the story of a washed-up author that receives a second chance through a passionate editor, until his fiction starts turning into reality.

the videos are not mine, but all translations are my own. (also, happy birthday kim junyoung!!)

musical: the fiction (더 픽션)

cast (2023): [gray hunt] kim dovin, yoo seunghyun, kim junyoung │ park yoodeok, ju minjin, jeong donghwa • [white hismann] choi hoseung, lim junhyuk, hwang minsu, park sanghyuk • [hue decker] kim seohwan, bak junhyung, hong sungwon

synopsis: 1932, new york. black, the protagonist of gray hunt's serialised fiction "the man without a shadow" has inexplicably appeared in reality. a serial killer who etches a stigma upon the criminals he murders, black — both the fictional character and the mysterious real-life vigilante — earn the fervent support of the public. then, abruptly, the serialisation ends with the death of the author. suspicious of the circumstances surrounding gray hunt's death, the detective hue decker confronts white hismann, the editor that approached gray hunt to revive his career and lift him out of obscurity...

production: hj culture (twitter / youtube)

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이번에는 – this time

kim junyoung as gray hunt

The sound of the clock ticking The sound of the pages turning My heart races

Don’t have any expectations Or you’ll be disappointed again Will this time be any different?

This side of me is unfamiliar It’s been a long time since I felt this way My stories, which felt like my own mutterings Can I share them with others now?

Writing my heart into each word, and every sentence Now I shall harbor a new dream, one I couldn’t see before The moment I’ve been waiting for is right before my eyes With each line of fiction, will I be able to convey hope?

Writing my heart into each word, and every sentence The story rides on the wind, reaching the world again Can it become a comforting ray of hope to someone? With each line of fiction, will I be able to change the world?

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낙인 – stigma

kim junyoung as gray hunt and black, park jungwon as white hismann

[White] “The Man Without a Shadow” – the final instalment? Black decided upon his last candidate for judgment. His footsteps traced a path to the author’s house. Then came the sound of a knocking upon the door.

[White] The black shadow, visible through the door’s gap The unwavering eyes The cold and unsettling expression

[White] The author came face-to-face with a black silhouette. And the dark shadow met his gaze.

[Black] Don’t be nervous You’re the one who created me, after all The story that you started It’s time for me to end it

[White] The author stepped backwards. One step, and again, another. Then there was no longer anywhere to retreat, or escape, to.

[White] Black’s shadow, that engulfed the author

[Black] Don’t act clueless This is what you’ve chosen Your writhing black desire Now, it’s time to pay the price

I, who brands stigma upon sinners That scar remains forever It’s the price for playing with human lives You shall reap what you’ve sown

It’s too late to turn back You’ve fallen into the trap you laid The world will remember the tragedy of your death As a comedy

[White / Black] I, who brands stigma upon sinners It shall be imprinted upon your heart Now, it’s your turn No heaven exists for you

This is the final judgment This is the end

[ non-spliced, full cam video for stigma here. ]

[ original korean lyrics here. ]

[deulleya]

"am i a person, or a painting?"

the seventh instalment of my musical translation series, on the 7th day of the 7th month — 七七, 칠칠, chil chil, or seven seven. when a renowned joseon painter travels to the mountains to paint its landscapes, he is instead swept up in doubts regarding his past, his paintings, and his identity itself.

the videos are not mine, but all translations are my own. (also, happy 6th debut anniversary kim junyoung!!)

musical: seven seven (칠칠)

cast (2023): [choi buk] park kyuwon, ahn jaeyoung, kim junyoung • [mumyeong] jo sangwoong, song yootaek, kim hyunjin, hong kibeom • [wonjun] kim juho, lee sian

synopsis: joseon's first hwanjaengi — a derogatory term for a painter — choi buk. selling his paintings to earn a living, choi buk gains renown for his prowess as a landscape painter. yet he is prone to eccentricities such as soaking his paintings in water or tearing them up in front of a paying client, and his capricious nature leads others to distance themselves from him — save for his sole friend, mumyeong. hoping to paint a masterpiece, choi buk sets out for mount kumgang together with mumyeong, where he finds himself faced with the past he'd turned his back on. choi buk completes the painting, and when the pair return to hanyang, the influential politician wonjun approaches them to purchase it, offering to tell a story in return...

production: orchard musical (twitter / youtube)

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설강도가 – song of the snowy river painting

kim junyoung as choi buk, yoo seunghyun as mumyeong

[Choi Buk] In the capital, Choi Buk lives on, selling his paintings Even if a cold draught blows through the four walls Of the collapsed thatched-roof house He shuts the door all day, planning to paint the landscapes Ah, only the glass spectacles and wooden brush holder lie therein Only the glass spectacles and wooden brush holder

Selling a handful in the morning, and earning breakfast Selling a handful in the evening, and earning dinner Seating a guest upon the cushion worn thin from the frigid winter Out of sight, upon the little bridge Snowfall has gathered in a three-inch layer

Look here, when I come, will you draw me a snowy river painting? Look here, when I come, will you draw me a snowy river painting?

[Mumyeong] Rice is running out, and there is no firewood to last the winter. Even this paper you can’t live without has only a scant few pages left. You chase the clients who offer a high price away, claiming they have no eye for paintings. And as for the clients who do not offer a high price!

[Choi Buk] Of course, I chase them away, since they have no eye for paintings!

[Mumyeong] Poetry lies upon the spring wind’s bridge And I lie upon a donkey’s back amidst the snow The donkey, that is headed for the bridge Even if the village lady’s straw is crushed beneath the snow The lonely fishing boat floats, a lone leaf upon the water

[M] Why, so [C] In the capital

[M] Even if a cold draught blows through [C] Choi Buk sells his paintings

[M] The four walls of the thatched-roof house, collapsed [C] And lives on

[M] Within the snowstorm that weighs down the overcast valley [C] Shutting the door all day and painting the landscapes

[M] The sun sets, and a peach blossom [C] Out of sight, upon the little bridge

[M] Floats upon the water [C] The snowfall has gathered in a three-inch layer

[Choi Buk, Mumyeong] Look here, will you paint the spring mountains upon the snowflake paper once more? Look here, will you paint the spring mountains upon the snowflake paper once more?

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살아있다 – alive

kim junyoung as choi buk

I am still alive That which suits me keeps me living When my life ends someday Even if I wander in an empty void, still, I am

A world that hides nothing, for I am me A world that runs neither to me, nor away from me Living on, reaching out to that which descends upon me I am alive

I am still alive Within me, fervently Even as I despise myself, tormented, I live on as myself

Still, I am alive Within me, fervently Even as I despise myself, tormented, I live on as myself

Even if I turn to dust, I am here Even if I turn to dust, I am here, now, I am

I am alive

Even as I despise myself, tormented, I live on as myself I am still alive; within me, fervently Even if I turn to dust, I am Alive

[ 2022 version here. original korean lyrics here. ]

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