하진 (Hajin) - Ways of talking 가사 (lyrics)

We used to like talking about grief
Our journals and letters were packed
with losses, complaints, and sorrows
Even if there was no grief
we wouldn’t stop lamenting
as though longing for the charm
of a distressed face

Then we couldn’t help expressing grief
So many things descended without warning:
labor wasted, loves lost, houses gone
marriages broken, friends estranged
ambitions worn away by immediate needs
Words lined up in our throats
for a good whining
Grief seemed like an endless river—
the only immortal flow of life

After losing a land and then giving up a tongue
we stopped talking of grief
Smiles began to brighten our faces
We laugh a lot, at our own mess
Things become beautiful
even hailstones in the strawberry fields