Kintenai

...Musician Kim Hyung-jun, upon hearing the beautiful melody, wrote the lyrics, "Oh Balsam blooming in the shade of the fence, your appearance is pitiful" (first half of the first stanza), a metaphor for the unfair situation Korean people found themselves in at the time. Since the famous soprano Kim Cheon-ae sang this song in her unique, almost crazy style, it has spread throughout the country. The lyrics of the third stanza, "Your appearance has disappeared in the cold winds of the north wind and the cold snow, but your soul, dreaming of peace, is here, and will be resurrected by the tranquil spring breeze," imply that "the soul of the nation is resurrected in the spring," and in the 1940s, the Japanese police issued an order to ban the sale of the record and the singing of the song. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…その美しい旋律を見た音楽家金享俊は，〈垣根の陰に咲く鳳仙花よ，君の姿はあわれなれば〉(第1節前半)と，当時の朝鮮の人々のおかれた不当な状況を比喩して作詞した。この曲を，有名なソプラノ歌手金天愛が狂わんばかりの独特の唱法でうたって以来，全国的に広がった。第3節の歌詞〈北風寒雪の冷たい風に，君の姿は失せたれど，平和な夢をみる君の魂ここにあれば，のどかな春風によみがえらん〉は，〈民族の魂は春に蘇える〉ことを暗示しているため，40年代には日本の警察からレコード販売禁止と歌唱禁止令が出た。…

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