WHEN THOU commandest me to sing it
seems that my heart would break with pride;
and I look to thy face, and tears come to my
eyes.
All that is harsh and dissonant in my life
melts into one sweet harmony-and my
adoration spreads wings like a glad bird on
its flight across the sea.
I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. I
know that only as a singer I come before thy
presence.
I touch by the edge of the far spreading wing
of my song thy feet which I could never
aspire to reach.
Drunk with the joy of singing I forget my
and call thee friend who art my lord."explanation"?
Answers
Answer : The above lines conclude that, despite all the hurt caused by the listener to the speaker, the speaker forgets everything between them when the listener asks him/her to sing for the listener himself/herself.
Explanation:
"WHEN THOU commandest me to sing it
"WHEN THOU commandest me to sing itseems that my heart would break with pride" -
it means that when the speaker is commanded to sing,his/her heart would be proud enough to sing for the person the poem is dedicated to
"and I look to thy face, and tears come to my
"and I look to thy face, and tears come to myeyes" -
and then looking up to the face of the listener, the speaker's eyes gets filled up with tears
"All that is harsh and dissonant in my life
All that is harsh and dissonant in my lifemelts into one sweet harmony-and my
All that is harsh and dissonant in my lifemelts into one sweet harmony-and myadoration spreads wings like a glad bird on
All that is harsh and dissonant in my lifemelts into one sweet harmony-and myadoration spreads wings like a glad bird onits flight across the sea" -
everything harsh caused by the listener to the speaker and not sweet sounding in the speaker's life turns into sweet harmony and his/her affection opens itself like a bird content to fly across the sea with her wings spread wide
"I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. I
"I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. Iknow that only as a singer I come before thy
"I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. Iknow that only as a singer I come before thypresence" -
the speaker knows that the listener feels pleased to listen to the speaker's singing and the speaker also knows that his/her role in the listener's perspective is nothing more than a singer
"I touch by the edge of the far spreading wing
"I touch by the edge of the far spreading wingof my song thy feet which I could never
"I touch by the edge of the far spreading wingof my song thy feet which I could neveraspire to reach" -
the singers attempts only a bit to reach the listener's feet(let alone be heart) which the singer knows very well is beyond his/her dream to reach
"Drunk with the joy of singing I forget my
"Drunk with the joy of singing I forget myand call thee friend who art my lord." --
Being excited with the ecstasy the speaker feels due to singing, he/she forgets everything and calls the listener as his/her friend who is the singer's lord, the person whom the singer dedicated his/her entire life to.