Most literally: the singer gives breath that fills sails, fosters love and bravery. She can feel possessed by her audience. The poet is farsighted, tender of flames, holds a gift for mankind. Good ones are voyagers and navigators. Both performer and audience are at sea. Music is rhythmic - the ocean, waves, sailing are common tropes.
Yet somehow I don't quite believe these literal conceits were in the writer's mind. It seems easier to imagine this as a kind of dreamlike narrative with a literal protagonist locked in a winning struggle against human and natural elements.
Most literally: the singer gives breath that fills sails, fosters love and bravery. She can feel possessed by her audience. The poet is farsighted, tender of flames, holds a gift for mankind. Good ones are voyagers and navigators. Both performer and audience are at sea. Music is rhythmic - the ocean, waves, sailing are common tropes.
Yet somehow I don't quite believe these literal conceits were in the writer's mind. It seems easier to imagine this as a kind of dreamlike narrative with a literal protagonist locked in a winning struggle against human and natural elements.