I need help with a lyric from Avatar
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Have you ever heard of the theme song of Avatar-----I see you? There is a sentence in this song: \"I live through you and you live through me.\" What does it mean? How can we translate it? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
I exist through you, and you exist through me. Let me try it first: I experience you, and you experience me. I’m sorry I haven’t watched Avatar, so the translation might be off; it’s for reference only. . .
Hold your hand and grow old together. Let’s spend this life together
Reply to 2# zidian1982: Personally, I think translating “live through” as “experience” is a bit too literal; here, “through” should imply crossing or penetrating, meaning that the lives of the two people are closely intertwined and remain so over a long period of time
Reply to 4# say_1001_plz: I also think that the meaning intended to be conveyed through the lyrics should be as you said, with underlying implications within them. However, the word “experience” can also have such an extended meaning. Lyrics, like poetry, should be concise in expression yet rich in meaning. So I also translated it literally as “experience”.
Reply to 5# zidian1982: Yes, you’re absolutely right. The translation of lyrics should take into account factors such as form; a more concise expression should be used while still preserving the original meaning, and it’s necessary to find words that are more refined