We can explain the meaning of each part of the lyrics sung by Ariel in "The Tempest" in the following manner:
1. Your father lies under 30 feet of water.
2. His bones have been transformed into coral.
3. His eyes have become pearls.
4. There is nothing left of who he was. He was completely transformed by the sea, becoming rich and strange.
5. The sea nymphs ring the bell to announce his death every hour.
6. Listen! I hear them now, ringing the bell.
- The lyrics we are analyzing here belong to the play "The Tempest," by William Shakespeare.
- The song above is sung by the character Ariel in Act I, scene 2 of the play.
- When "translated" into modern English, the song basically describes the death of Ferdinand's father with beautiful imagery.
- His body lies at the bottom of the ocean. The sea has transformed him into coral and pearls - strange, yet beautiful.
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