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Calusarul
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Tue, 08/10/2019 - 19:33
Reading it from another light.
Usually the sea is a symbol of the Divine. And since the song begins with the coming into this earth because of a beauty, then I would comment this as "I came here to witness beauty and love, or I came in here because of Divine Love; to witness Divine Love and Divine Beauty."
"And if I would get on a rowboat she would carry me away, hey my dear hey" - even if I try not to return to my Beloved (the sea, the Divine), still the sea will take me away. Death, be it the bodily or the 'spiritual' death (which is the return to the Divine), is unavoidable, and so returning to the Sea is unavoidable.
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"And my leaving this earth, hey my dear rinnan nay rinna rinna nay
Will be because of the love for my country,hey my dear hey"
And this is the part where the motherland or 'my country', is a symbol of the primordial home. In this light, I see this as some mystical poets say, I will fly away from this earthly abode to reach the Divine abode (my primordial home). For, 'Everything came from the Divine, and everything returns to the Divine".
I will leave the mundane (earthly) world, to reach the Divine!
*I am not saying the author aimed for these meanings, but this is how I am seeing it tonight!
And I leave you, hopefully, in peace!
Cem Karaca singing about his leaving this earth because of the love for his country refers to, I think the political climate in Turkey during the seventies when he used to sing this song.
There were a lot of people, mainly students or labourers, who out of love for their country wanted to save it from the negative influences of the prevailing capitalism. These people litteraly risked or lost their lives in this period by stating their views and trying to gain support... The rest of the text is, I guess, a 'normal' lovesong.