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Originally Posted by Gustavopc
^ I loved your post, truly! I remember the last verse was is the most impacting one from ayu's translation, but it didn't seem that deep in early translations and had a quite different interpretation, so that's why I wondered if it was truly a translation  |
On my blog I mention that last line in particular... I'm just gonna copy what I wrote lol
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The kanji used normally means "proof" or "evidence," and yet she used the word "reason." English, luckily, has the word "justification" which carries subtle shades of both "proof" and "reason."
The other word that seems incorrect is "breathe." In Japanese, she says "ikiru" which means "live," but her use of the word "breathe" implies a slightly different meaning. In English if you say something is your "reason to live," it's your goal or your passion. Ayu doesn't want to be our object of passionate focus, she just wants to help us feel like it's worth it to continue existing. She wants us to use her words as encouragement to get through tomorrow.
I do so wish I could work "with" Ayu on more translations of her lyrics, because her clues here were incredibly helpful.
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I translated the lyrics here if you wanna see what I ended up coming up with:
http://www.deliriumzer0.com/ayu/daily-tellall