The Hill of Yearning (그리움의 언덕)
The Hill of Yearning reflects a quiet, heartfelt longing for shared moments and unspoken memories.
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Album
Crash Landing on You OST Part 7
Release Date
January 26, 2020
Genre
OST / Ballad
Composers / Lyricists
Nam Hye-seung, Kim Kyung-hee (Composer / Lyrics)
Participating Artists
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[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
neo-wa ma-ju an-ja
you sit facing me
im-match-wo bu-reu-deon
our lips once met as we sang
no-raet-so-ril gi-eok-hal-kka-yo
do you remember the song we used to sing?
u-ri du-ba-reul
our two feet
na-ran-hi match-wo geot-deon
walking in step together
geu gye-jeo-reul geu-ri-wo-hal-kka-yo
do you miss that season?
mal-gan u-seu-meun
your clear smile
no-rae-doe-eo na-ra-wa-seo
turned into a song and came to me
na-ui gyeo-te sok-sa-gi-go
whispering by my side
su-ju-beun dal-bi-che
the shy moonlight
heun-nal-li-deon hyang-gi-deul-do
and the drifting scents
neo-ui pum-e
the night that stayed
meo-mul-deon bam
in your embrace
geu-dae deut-go in-na-yo
can you hear me?
ma-ni geu-ri-ul-kka-yo
do you miss me a lot?
a-ryeon-han eo-neu bam
that faint night
jeo ha-neu-re geol-lyeo-it-deon
where in the sky above
neo-wa na-ui byeol-deul-gwa
our stars were hanging
jo-geu-man du so-ne
in our small two hands
a-ju jam-si meo-mul-da gan
they stayed for just a moment
geu gye-jeo-rui deul-kko-chip-deul
those fields of that season’s wildflowers
neo-wa ma-ju an-ja
you sit facing me
ip match-wo bu-reu-deon
with lips meeting as we sang
no-raet-so-ril gi-eok-hal-kka-yo
do you remember the song we used to sing?
u-ri du-ba-reul
our two feet
na-ran-hi match-wo geot-deon
walking in step together
geu gye-jeo-reul geu-ri-wo-hal-kka-yo
do you miss that season?
na neo-wa so-neul jap-go geo-reot-deon
that day we walked hand in hand
geu eo-neu nal geu-rim so-gui i-ya-gi
like a story inside a painting
eo-neu-sae chu-eo-gui eon-deong-neo-meo
before i knew it, beyond the hill of memories
go-yo-hi u-seum jit-go in-neun na
i am here, quietly smiling
neo-wa na-ui no-rae-ga
our song together
gi-eok so-gui neol
calls out to you
geu-ri-um-ui eon-deok neo-meo
beyond the wall of longing
bul-leo-bon-da
i call out
geu-dae deut-go in-na-yo
can you hear me?
ma-ni geu-ri-ul-kka-yo
do you miss me a lot?
🗣️ Practice Korean Words
그리움
(geurium)
💡 Note: A deep feeling of missing someone or something that once brought warmth and comfort.
계절
(gyejeol)
💡 Note: In many lyrics, the “season” stands for a time in life, especially a period filled with shared memories and emotions.
🎵 Song Meaning & Interpretation
This song looks back on a time when two people walked side by side, held hands, and sang together under the same sky. Now, those moments live only in memory—on a “hill of yearning” inside the heart. The narrator wonders if the other person still remembers the same song, the same seasons, and the same stars. Instead of dramatic heartbreak, it expresses a quiet, steady longing: smiling through the ache, calling out beyond the “wall of longing,” and hoping that the other person still hears and misses them too.