Continued from the previous article.

I was talking about the song 'home' by Yusaku Kiyama last week. I said I love both the melody and the lyrics.

I think it is so hard to translate Japanese lyrics into English. I feel it's so difficult to convey the intended nuance in another language... but I'd like to try it.

I like this part;

You've given overflowing happiness & straightforward love to me,
I wonder how much happiness & love I can give you in return within a given period of time

The more I love you, the more I'd like to say 'thank you' to your Dad's Dad and Dad's Mom.


Firstly, 愛しく思う is hard to translate, I think. If you look up the word in the Japanese-English dictionary, you can find the following explanation;
"いとしく思う one’s heart goes out to （a child）"

So I should've written 'The more my heart goes out to you'... But I thought 'The more I love you' is simpler and more impressive.
I'm aware that 愛しく思う is not equal to 愛してる, of course. It's just that I couldn't find the appropriate expression. I think the Japanese expression 愛しく思う is really beautiful.

Secondly, パパのパパやパパのママに… is also hard to be translated.
In Japanese, the word Papa can be used as a first personal noun （一人称名詞？）. So Papa means both I and your Dad.
パパのパパ means your grandfather, of course. But in the Japanese lyrics, the word おじいちゃん or じいじ is not used. So I tried not to use the word grandfather or grandmother.


After having children, I realized this;
'To be a parent' is to relive my life in my childhood, and to know how my parents feel while raising us. Now I understand how my parents felt when I failed the entrance exam and when I introduced my boyfriend to them for the first time...

I'd like many people to listen to the song 'home'. The singer Kiyama-san & the composer Tago-san filled the song with parental love. I'm sure the song reminds every parent of their own children. At the same time, the song reminds everyone of their own parents. I think the song makes you feel like saying 'thank you' to your parents.




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