Why is あります used in 「どうかあなたが幸せでありますように」?


I’m trying to understand the line in bold from the song “Unlasting” by LiSA:

あなたの香りあなたの話し方  
今も身体中に愛の欠片が残ってるよ  
私の願い私の願いはただ  
**どうかあなたが幸せでありますように**

What I don’t understand is the use of あります here. I think it can be translated
as “Somehow you seem to be happy”. However, unless I miss something, あります(有る)
should be used for inanimate objects while for animates one should use
います(居る).

Thanks!




In this case you want to consider
[であります](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99)
as a whole. であります means "to be or is" and is being applied to 幸せ (happiness).
So 幸せであります is something like is happiness, be happiness, or etc in a literal
sense. The
[ように](https://www.kanshudo.com/grammar/%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB)
here also signifies that this is intended as a wish or hope. Also the どうか at
the beginning is like "please" or adds emphasis onto this wish or hope.

So this line is something like (without explicitly expressing どうか):

> どうかあなたが幸せでありますように
>
> I hope that you are happy

Explicitly expressing どうか as "truly"

> I truly hope that you are happy




In this case you want to consider
[であります](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99)
as a whole. であります means "to be or is" and is being applied to 幸せ (happiness).
So 幸せであります is something like is happiness, be happiness, or etc in a literal
sense. The
[ように](https://www.kanshudo.com/grammar/%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB)
here also signifies that this is intended as a wish or hope. Also the どうか at
the beginning is like "please" or adds emphasis onto this wish or hope.

So this line is something like (without explicitly expressing どうか):

> どうかあなたが幸せでありますように
>
> I hope that you are happy

Explicitly expressing どうか as "truly"

> I truly hope that you are happy

