Oo ree jee nahn ee yah gee nah oh neun joo een gong ee uht jee mahn
Nah neun ah pah doh mahl moht hah neun dahn yuhk eel ppoon ee uh ssuh
Nahn ahl goh eet jee mahn nuh neun ahl soo gah uhp suh
Jee nah goh bwah yah ah neun guh yah sarang ee moht dwehn guhl

You say, "It's all in vain..." (It's all in vain, it's all in vain...)
I say, "You come back to me..." (Back to me, back to me...)
You say, "It's all in vain..." (It's all in vain, it's all in vain...)
I say, "You come back to me..." (Back to me, back to me...)

It's all in vain... Why don't you come back to me?

Nuh yae mah eum eun geu goh seh muh moo reu goh
Nah neun uh dduh geh gah yah hah neun jee moh reu goh
Seh wuhl ee yuh rah buhn uhl uht dah gah noh gah jeel dong ahn
Nah neun moh deun guh seul joo gee wee hae gee dah ree neun deh

Nuh yae mohk soh ree neun cheel heuk gah teun uh doom ddool goh
Seh wuhl eh joong dohk dwehn nae gwee eh dah dah reu neh
Geu ruh geh gee dah ree goh gee dah ree duhn mohk soh ree neun
Nah reul ddoh jook yuht dah gah sahl lyuh nae neh

Nuh yae mohk soh ree neun cheel heuk gah teun uh doom ddol goh
Seh wuhl eh joong dohk dwehn nae gwee eh dah dah reu neh
Geu ruh geh gee dah ree goh gee dah ree duhn mohk soh ree neun
Nah reul ddoh jook yuht dah gah sahl lyuh nae neh