Hands raised in salute/To the national flag?
The imagery of citizens acknowledging the flag validates the esteem of being liberated. The countrymen exhibited deference to their country (that is signified by the flag). The national flag incarnates the country’s autonomy.
“The long distance has ruined me, oh,/The distance between me and my companion”
The speaker is substantially and emotionally alienated from her lover. As a result of the corporeal isolation, the speaker cannot perceive the reverberation of the lover’s horn. Clearly, the physical distance has amplified the emotional detachment between them for the speaker suspects that their association has been impaired.
“Where has my love blown his horn?”
This line is reiterated twice in “The Horn of My love.” The recapping of the line conjectures that the love between the speaker and her lover is at the crossroads; otherwise, she would have effortlessly distinguished the situation of her lover
My clansmen, I cry/Listen to my voice:/The insults of my man/The insults of my man/Are painful beyond bearing./
Ocol’s foul language may not occasion corporeal ramifications for they are purely words. Nevertheless, the insensitive words elicit an emotional agony which is imperceptible. The insults induce an imagery of acrimony that would be unbearable to withstand.
I do not understand/The way of foreigners/But I do not despise their customs./Why should you despise yours?
The foreigners assert their Superiority Complex by censuring traditionalism. Comparatively, the proponents of the traditional culture do not disparage the modern ways even though the modern ways are hostile to the conservatism. Accordingly, the foreigners’ denigration is aimed at nurturing involuntary assimilation of the locals.
