Translating a song

[Tomii515]

I'm trying to translate a song cause i think it will really help me... tell me if tese are right (i used my new dictionary to look up thewords)

Yama o koete umi o watatte.

Go across the mountain beyond the ocean.
----
yama = mountain
koete = beyond
umi = ocean
watatte = go across (command since -te form)
____

that right?
---

gaadoreeru no ue tobikoe.

I have no idea!

gaadoreeru = ?
ue = top (of hill)
tobikoe = ?
---

Ima wa mukashi hitotsu no kage ga.

Rights now one's shadow is in the old days/ancient times.

ima = right now/ now
mukashi = the acient times/ the old days
hitotsu = one
kage = shadow
----




correct if wrong!!! ty

 

[doinkies]

For "Gaadoreeru no ue tobikoe"...

say "gaadoreeru" out loud. You will instantly be able to see that it means "guardrail".

飛び越え（とびこえ） is from 飛び越える, which means "to jump over" something or "to walk over" something. 飛び越え is a rough way of telling someone to jump over something. In this case, the lyric 「ガードレールの上（うえ）飛び越え」 means "Jump over the top of the guardrail."

Also, I think that at this point, you shouldn't really try to translate song lyrics. Lyrics are often vague and poetic-sounding, so it's best to leave those alone until you know a lot of vocabulary and grammar.

 

[Kyoko_desu]

I quite agree with what doinkies san said about translating lyrics, because lyrics don't really follow grammatical rules and you sometimes need to guess what the writer means.

By the way, I'm really impressed to see how you try to invent methods to learn Japanese, Tomii kun! The best thing is that you are really enjoying the study. Keep up the good work and ganbatte ne! We are always here to help you.

 

[Tomii515]

Well, the accual reason im translating it is becaus ei wanna know what it means in english... i really like the song...soo is this right:

yama o koete umi o watatte. = Go across the mountain beyond the ocean.
gaadoreeru no ue tobikoe. = Jump over the top of the guardrail.
ima wa mukashi hitotsu no kage ga. = Rights now one's shadow is in the old days/ancient times.
---
i under stand it's said poetcally or w/e...but if u were talking would it be:

yama o koete umi o watatte.
gaadoreeru no ue o tobikoete.
ima wa hitotsu no kage ga mukashi ni.
I'm not really sure im right...but im just wondering...

(btw: how come u 2 are never on yahoo messenger anymore?)

 

[leonmarino]

Hey Tomii! I was tyring to translate the whole song for you when I found this great website!
Some words/sentences are translated pretty loosely though if you know what I mean. Ah well, you know where to find us if you got any questions. Good luck!

 

[Tomii515]

i'd rather do it myself! thanks anyways...i don't think those seem right though...