Why is 翼をください translated as "Please give me wings"?

Question

I checked that sentence on Google. Apparently, the translation is "Please give me wings." This confuses me because ...

翼 = wing
を = direct object marker.
ください = please

There's no give!

Update: this comes from the title of a song.

Answer 1

Believing that 「ください」 always means "please" is a very common rookie mistake.

「ください」 can mean "please" only when it is attached as a subsidiary verb to another verb. The other verb is the main verb.

「来{き}てください。」 (来る + ください) means "Please come (here)!"

「ちょっと待{ま}ってください。」 (待つ + ください) means "Please wait a sec!"　

When 「ください」 is used independently (without being attached to another verb), it can only mean "Give me ~~!" or "Please give me ~~!"

Thus, 「翼をください」 means "(Please) give me wings!"

Answer 2

Actually there is, ください is the shorter form of くださいませ which comes from くださる which is the polite version of くれる.

Answer 3

Where exactly did you see this sentence? It would be helpful if you gave the full context, otherwise, I would translate 「翼をください」the same way.

For example, when ordering food in a restaurant, saying 「お水【みず】をください」is understood to mean "Please give me water.", despite its literal translation being closer to just "Give water." (Unlike replacing 「ください」with 「お願【ねが】いします」-- in the latter case, it would mean "please do".)

EDIT: This question had no answers when I was typing this, so I didn't see Breton Loic's response. They also gave a good explanation for the hidden "give" in 「ください」.

EDIT #2: Edited per l'électeur's answer. 「ください」does not actually translate to "please", but is just a polite form of asking for something to be given to you.

Answer 4

It's already been answered but I want to add that ください is the polite form of くれ which is the command/imperative form of くれる which is to give (from the speaker's point of view).

Now, you can technically say for example 「水{みず}をくれ！」but that would be rather rude/abrasive.