Quote:
(Brackets are elaborations)
Who accompanied me during the hard times and not let go?
Who will listen to me when my tears are falling?
Who will come and share happiness with me when I'm happy?
Who was there that held hands tightly with me before?
You and I have been separated into two places (worlds, countries, etc)
During those nights that we were separated
We can only see the woman of the moon (The moon is considered to be a woman in Chinese culture)
With our tears falling down
You and I have been separated into two places (worlds, countries, etc)
During those nights that we were separated
We can only see the woman of the moon (The moon is considered to be a woman in Chinese culture)
With our tears continuing to fall
Who was the one who taught me true strength?
Who was the one that made me feel tenderness?
Whom did I want to pursue (chase after slowly)?
Whom did I want to comfort me?
Who has not given up?
I will never forget (place it into my heart)
I have never lost my way as well as the feeling of a long journey/stroll (The thoughts and so on)
Because of this, I can only speak to myself
That's the way that things are... (for some reason, she puts “nothing” aka meiyou shenme at the end.. anyone care to add?)
From today until eternity,
I pray that this singing voice will reach you and stay with you
From today until eternity,
I pray that this singing voice will reach you and stay with you
From today until eternity,
I pray that this singing voice will reach you and stay with you
From today until eternity,
I pray that this singing voice will reach you and stay with you
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This is my parents' collaboration after reading the lyrics like a few times. They admitted that some parts were kind of strange, like her "Nothing" after "that's how things are" and the line about her having been lost and not being lost.. my parents addressed that it was possible to mistranslate depending on who was translating and if they didn't have enough of a grasp of Chinese, or didn't think "hard enough", it'd be mistranslated.
It's definitely almost a direct translation of the Japanese one though except for like certain portions.