Talk:光よ (Hikari yo)/@comment-153.107.192.210-20160728235244/@comment-2607:EA00:107:2C06:D5F6:E7D0:C3C9:2D6A-20170912213843

I really liked the cover! Maybe some of the originals meanings were lost, but I think that's understandable. For one thing, Juby is the one translating this. This means that she may have had a slightly different perspective on what the song means. That's okay. The other reason is that having a "perfect translation" is impossible. The lyrics had to fit the spaces as closely to what the Japanese phonetics created. Since you could read a phrase in Japanese in several different ways, Juby needed to write the translation in a way that "fit" the way the music itself was written.

Also, Juby's voice is pretty in an unconventional way. She's not my absolute favorite artist of all time, but she's great at what she does. It is interesting and a bit sad that the original translation is lost, but I do like the way she translated and sang the song. (Just my opinion, though- no offense should be taken. Have a great day!)