A Kazahk saying that literally translates as “I see the sun on your back” means “Thank you for being you.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “I See the Sun on Your Back”
There’s a lovely idiom in Kazakhstan that translates as, I see the sun on your back.
And supposedly, according to a translator there, it means, thank you for being you.
I’m alive because of your help.
Wow, that’s, I see the sun on your back.
You’re out there in the fields helping to work in the field.
I don’t know.
Or I’m still standing.
I can still see.
I don’t know.
If you hadn’t have told me, I would have thought it would be something negative.
I would have thought it would be related to, like, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Yeah, I know.
I see the sun on your back.
I see the work that you’ve been doing.
It’s like this profound thanks for somebody really helping you a lot.
That’s fantastic.
