BTS Yet to Come Translation

Lead single from their anthology album, PROOF

Original Lyrics copied from Genius

My commentary in green.
Original lyrics in black.
Translation in purple.

Was it honestly the best?
'Cause I just wanna see the next
부지런히 지나온
어제들 속에 참 아름답게
Beautifully through all the 'yesterdays' we diligently lived/passed through
Yeah, the past was honestly the best
But my best is what comes next
I'm not playin', nah for sure
그날을 향해 숨이 벅차게
Towards that day, til I'm out of breath
You and I, best moment is yet to come
Moment is yet to come, yeah

다들 언제부턴가
말하네 우릴 최고라고
Starting at some point, people started calling us 'the best'
온통 알 수 없는 names
All the names we don't even know
이젠 무겁기만 해
Now, it all just feels heavy
노래가 좋았다고
그저 달릴 뿐이라고
All just cuz we liked music.. just cuz we could work at it
Promise that we'll keep on comin' back for more

[PRECHORUS]
너의 마음속 깊은 어딘가
여전한 소년이 있어
Somewhere deep in your heart, there will forever be a *kid
My-y-y-y moment is yet to come
Yet to come

*소년 (sonyeon) = young boy (probably around 4th grade through middle school); once they hit high school, they'd be called '청소년' (chung sonyeon) = adolescent/teen~ aged
*소녀 (sonyeo) = young girl (same as above re: age range)
So this last line, is them talking to themselves

Uh, 당신은 꿈꾸는가, 그 길의 끝은 무엇일까
You're dreaming/you're having dreams.. I wonder what's at the end of that road [for you]
Moment is yet to come, yeah
Uh, 모두가 숨죽인 밤, 우린 발을 멈추지 않아
The nights through which everyone holds their breath; we don't pause at night
Yet to come
Uh, we gonna touch the sky, 'fore the day we die
Moment is yet to come, yeah
Uh, 자 이제 시작이야, the best yet to come
Right, this is just the beginning/start

언젠가부터 붙은 불편한 수식어
This 'modifier' that they applied to us starting at some point..
최고란 말은 아직까지 낯간지러워
This term, "the best" still makes me feel uneasy
난 난 말야 걍 음악이 좋은 걸
Me? Me? I just really enjoy music... that's all
여전히 그때와 다른 게 별로 없는걸
Nothing has really changed since 'back then' still..

아마 다른 게 별로 없다면
You'll say it's all a lie, yeah
If I say 'nothing has changed much' you'll say it's all a lie, yeah
난 변화는 많았지만
Sure I've experienced/been through many changes but
변함은 없었다 해, a new chapter
I'd say I didn't change
매 순간이 새로운 최선
Every moment, my new 'best'
지금 난 마치 열세 살
그때의 나처럼 뱉어, huh
I'm still spitting (rap) like I was at 13 years old

아직도 배울게 많고
There's still so much for me to learn
나의 인생 채울게 많아
So much to life left to fill
그 이유를 물어본다면
If you were to ask me about it..
내 심장이 말하잖아
My heart would give this answer
We ain't about it
이 세상의 기대
The expectations of this world
We ain't about it
최고란 기준의 step
Stepping to the standard called 'the best'
We ain't about it
왕관과 꽃, 수많은 트로피
Crowns, flowers, lots of trophies
We ain't about it
Dream and hope, and goin' forward
We so about it
긴긴 원을 돌아 결국 또 제자리, back to one
Wind up back to one after circling round and round

[PRECHORUS]
[CHORUS]

[Outro: Jin, Jung Kook, Jimin, V]
So was it honestly the best? (The best)
'Cause I just wanna see the next ('Cause I just wanna see the next, yeah)
눈부시게 지나온
기억들 속에 (속에) 참 아름답게 (답게)
Beautifully having passed through such brightly shining memories (*so brightly it causes you to cover your eyes)

Yeah, the past was honestly the best (The best)
But my best is what comes next (But my best is what comes next, yeah)
We'll be singin' till the morn
그날을 향해 (향해) 더 우리답게 (답게)
Towards that day, ever more like ourselves
You and I, best moment is yet to come