The Dryness and the Rain
Symbiosis of Elements: A Song's Journey through Storms and Surrender
Lyrics
first came a strong wind,
Describing a strong wind that arrives first
ripping off rofftops like bottlecaps
Illustrating the wind's force, tearing off rooftops like bottle caps
and bending lampposts down to the ground
Depicting the wind's strength, bending lampposts to the ground
then came a thunder shattering my windows
Transition to thunder breaking windows, but distinguishing it from the earlier wind
but you were not that strong wind or that mighty sound
Clarifying that the strong wind wasn't equivalent to a mighty sound
that left the barn in shambles, the rabbit hutch in ruins
Listing destruction caused by the wind: barn shambles, rabbit hutch ruins, etc.
the split - rail fence splintered and the curtains torn,
Further detailing the destruction, including splintered fences and torn curtains
all the cows out from the pastures trampling on the pumpkins
Expanding on chaos, cows trampling pumpkins, horses ambling in corn
and the horses from their stables ambling in the corn
Continuing description of havoc caused by the wind
Isa ruhu - lah ' alaihis - salat was - salam
Arabic phrase, likely invoking spiritual or religious elements
I've flown unnoticed just behind you like an insect
Describing observation of someone from a close but unnoticed position
and i've watched you like a falcon from a distance as you passed
Comparing the observation to a falcon watching from a distance
then swooped down to be nearer to the traces of your footsteps
Swooping down to be closer to the traces of the person's footsteps
to pick the fallen grain from the dirt beneath the crooked grass
Intention to gather fallen grain from beneath crooked grass
and i'm gonna take that grain and i'm gonna crush it all together
Expressing the plan to crush the gathered grain into bread
into the flour of a bread as a small and simple and sincereas when the dryness
Describing the act as small, simple, and sincere, likening it to the dryness and rain uniting
and the rain finally drink from one another
Continuing the metaphor of dryness and rain coming together
the gentle cup of mutual surrender tears
Describing the union as a gentle cup of mutual surrender tears
A fish swims through the sea,
Introducing a metaphor of a fish swimming in the sea
while the sea is in a certain sense
Highlighting the interconnectedness of the sea and the fish
contained within the fish!
Expressing contemplation about the relationship between containment and contained
Ah, what am I to think
Pondering about understanding something beyond the capacity of a thousand lifetimes
of what the writing of a thousand lifetimes
Reflecting on the inadequacy of writing to explain certain concepts
could not explain
Highlighting the limitations of written explanation even with countless pens
if all the forest trees were pens
Continuing the metaphor of trees as pens and oceans as ink
and all the oceans ink?
Emphasizing the vastness of the challenge to explain certain ideas
nastagh - firuka ya Hakam
Arabic phrase, likely invoking spiritual or religious elements
ya Dhal - Jalali wal - Ikhram
Another Arabic phrase, possibly invoking attributes of the divine
Isa ruhu - lah 'alaihis - salat was - salam
Repetition of the earlier Arabic phrase
ya Halim, ya Qahhar
Repetition of divine attributes in Arabic
ya Muntaqim, ya Ghaffar!
-la Ilaha ilallahu, Allahu Akbar!
Declaration of the oneness of God and His greatness
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