Meaning of auxiliary ゆく/いく in this context


While translating a song, I've stumbled upon the following sentence:

> 落ちた希望を拾って明日に繋いでゆけば

* * *

Which got me wondering what the difference between the following two is:

>   1. 落ちた希望を拾って明日に繋いでゆけば
>
>   2. 落ちた希望を拾って明日に繋げば
>
>

I have a feeling that the first sentence includes a sense of "doing
continually from now" [based on what I've read
earlier,](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/676/difference-
between-%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%8F-and-%E3%81%A6%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8B%20%22based%20on%20what%20I%20read%20earlier.)
but I am rather unsure. Is there a possible meaning which I'm missing?




Just like you say, 繋いでいく has a sense of progression, i.e. the process of
"connecting to tomorrow" is intended to be continued (connecting tomorrow to
the day after tomorrow, etc.).

The counterpiece to ~ていく is ~てくる, meaning that something has been continued
until now.

Some phrases

> 頑張ってきた  
>  I have been giving my best (all this time).
>
> 楽しんでいこう  
>  Let's have fun (from now onwards).

I don't know of any English construction that would correspond well to this
sense of progression from present into the future (～ていく) or from the past into
the present (～てきた）.




Just like you say, 繋いでいく has a sense of progression, i.e. the process of
"connecting to tomorrow" is intended to be continued (connecting tomorrow to
the day after tomorrow, etc.).

The counterpiece to ~ていく is ~てくる, meaning that something has been continued
until now.

Some phrases

> 頑張ってきた  
>  I have been giving my best (all this time).
>
> 楽しんでいこう  
>  Let's have fun (from now onwards).

I don't know of any English construction that would correspond well to this
sense of progression from present into the future (～ていく) or from the past into
the present (～てきた）.

