My Season's Greetings Songs

It's the end of the year... almost!

As Year 2021 is heading toward the last month, I began to listen to a couple songs of La Poem that remind me of last year around this season.

O Holy Night

La Poem's "O Holy Night" was performed in the event of BMW Korea, Untact Concert last year (December 11, to be precise). It was La Poem's first public performance of the song, which was a holy, heavenly, divine, and sacred time of the event. 

It was included in their first album <Scene#1> as a bonus track. Unlike other songs, all members gathered in one room (as shown in the video) and sang together without each member recording separately. What's more is Sunghoon played the piano. His piano accompaniment was recorded separately and used for this song. La Poem's gentle approach to this song makes this song holier. 

Sunghoon's piano accompaniment

O holy night, the stars are brightly shining

It is the night of the dear Savior's birth

Long lay the world, in sin and error pining

Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices

For yonder breaks, a new and glorious morn

Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices

O night divine, O night when Christ was born

O night divine, O night O night divine

Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices

O night divine, O night when Christ was born

O night divine, O night O night divine

Don't Worry, My Dear

It was December 29, 2020 on Jeju KBS TV Untact Life Concert where La Poem sang this song first time. As the word "untact" reflects, it was truly a dark period in which human contacts were forced to be avoided. Art performances were prohibited from being held in theaters or concert halls, and we just had to wait until things were getting better.

Under such dire circumstances, it was consoling to hear La Poem saying "Don't worry, my dear." Perhaps, La Poem themselves also needed these words. 

It's still a dark, uncertain period, and the idea that we won't be able to go back to those days makes us restless. As we are left with one page of a calendar (almost), I listen to this song and try to convert the fear for coming days to an openness to new days. La Poem can perform in a concert hall at least these days. We can gladly go there.

그대여, 아무 걱정하지 말아요 | Don't worry at all, my dear.

우리 함께 노래 합시다 | Let us sing together.

그대 아픈 기억들 모두, 그대여 | All of your aching memories, my dear.

그대 가슴에 깊이 묻어 버리고 | Bury them deep into your heart.

지난 간 것은 지나간대로 | Bygones are bygones.

그런 의미가 있죠 | Take them as they are.

떠난 이에게 노래 하세요 | Sing for those having left you.

후회없이 사랑했노라 말해요 | Tell them you loved them without regrets.

그대는 너무 힘든 일이 많았죠 | You had many hard times.

새로움을 잃어 버렸죠 | Nothing surprises you any more.

그대 슬픈 얘기들 모두, 그대여 | All of your sad stories, my dear.

그대 탓으로 훌훌 털어 버리고 | Just let them fall on your shoulders.

지난 간 것은 지난간대로 | Bygones are bygones.

그런 의미가 있죠 | Take them as they are.

우리 다 함께 노래합시다 | Let us sing together.

후회없이 꿈을 꿨다 말해요 | Tell me you dreamed without regrets.

지나간 것은 지나간대로 | Bygones are bygones.

그런 의미가 있죠 | Take them as they are.

우리 다함께 노래합시다 | Let us sing together.

후회없이 꿈을 꾸었다 말해요 | Tell me you dreamed without regrets.

지난 간 것은 지나간대로 | Bygones are bygones.

그런 의미가 있죠 | Take them as they are.

우리 다함께 노래 합시다 | Let us sing together.

새로운 꿈을 꾸겠다 말해요 | Tell me you'll have new dreams.

By the way, "Don't Worry, My Dear" is originally sung by Jeon, In-kwon. He wrote and composed the song as well. 

If I added one more song to these, it would be Chaehoon's "The Christmas Song." Hoping Chaehoon's version is released soon, I leave the original singer Nat King Cole's version right here for a reference.