Potran Korean (engl.) Lyrics

A Sturdy, Handsome Lad

The road is clear, the girl is here, the girl who's going to dance,
The road is clear for a handsome lad to find the girl and dance.

The boys trot like a herd of pigs to find the prettiest first,
A herd of pigs with udders swinging, squealing fit to burst.
There's hardly one among them that would please a pretty lass,
Like a herd of pigs across a field, sweating, red in the face,
Sweating, red in the face.


The road's the whole of heaven and earth in the mind of a pretty maid,
The road that brings from far away a sturdy, handsome lad.

Like blue-legged frogs that hop in a swamp these pretty maidens are,
These wenches hopping in the dance with flowing, golden hair.
Like worms wriggling on the ground these lusty fellows are,
Wiggling, jiggling back and forth, so frisky they appear,
So frisky they appear.

The road is clear and I am here, a comely, pretty maid,
The road is clear for you my dear, you sturdy, handsome lad.

You've walked your way into my heart and in my heart you'll stay,
My honey-bear, my best-of-all. Now all the people say
That you have got a steady girl. I do believe that she
Is walking down the road with you - and looking just like me,
Looking just like me!