Is this translation correct? (Korean)
Hi!
In Crush's "None", there's this part:
"잠을 청할 수도 밥을 먹을 수도 음악을 들을수도 나로 되돌아갈 수 없어" and on the internet it's translated as "I can’t sleep, I can’t eat I can’t listen to music I can’t go back to being who I was..."
But I thought "Even though I can sleep, eat and listen to music, I can't go back to being who I was"

Now which translation is correct?

Question

Is this translation correct? (Korean)
Hi!
In Crush's "None", there's this part:
"잠을 청할 수도 밥을 먹을 수도 음악을 들을수도 나로 되돌아갈 수 없어" and on the internet it's translated as "I can’t sleep, I can’t eat I can’t listen to music I can’t go back to being who I was..." 
But I thought "Even though I can sleep, eat and listen to music, I can't go back to being who I was"

Now which translation is correct?

Answer

As you know, ㄹ 수(도) requires 있다 or 없다 
ㄹ 수(도) 있다 means "can"
ㄹ 수(도) 없다 means "cannot"

In the sentence, 잠을 청할 수도 밥을 먹을 수도 음악을 들을 수도 나로 되돌아 갈 수  없어
없어 is a common verb of all phrases.

The complete sentence would be
잠을 청할 수도 없고
밥을 먹을 수도 없고
음악을 들을 수도 없고
나로 되돌아 갈 수도  없어

So, the correct translation is 
I can’t sleep, I can’t eat I can’t listen to music I can’t go back to being who I was...

Also, the context is important. The sentence describes a sad situation.
But, if you can sleep and can eat something, it is not a sad situation anymore.

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