Can someone translate this from a song??

[sakura]

In part of the song it had:
sotto hoshi-tachi ga yubisashite-iru

And its translation was:
Quietly, the stars point the way


But I dont understand how 'hoshi' can have 'tachi' connected to it since 'hoshi' means 'star'. Oh and is that the right translation up there?? And can...(sorry about flooding with all these questions ) But can someone also explain the translation for every word(if possible)??

[Mukade]

You should post questions like this in the Translation Questions Forum.

sakura wrote:

sotto hoshi-tachi ga yubisashite-iru

sotto = softly, gently, quietly
hoshi-tachi = stars
yubisashite iru = are pointing

sakura wrote:

But I dont understand how 'hoshi' can have 'tachi' connected to it since 'hoshi' means 'star'.

Adding the tachi here both pluralizes and personifies the stars. It would be similar to saying "the stars smile down on you" in English.