Non C'e Piu (There is No More)

Most rivers may begin high up in the mountains, where snow from the winter, or ancient glaciers, is melting. Another place where rivers rise are the springs.On their way down to the sea, they collect water from rain, and from other streams. In  the song Non C'e Piu, the lyricists described the beginning of a river: "Wave of blue, long ago, nothing but a stream." Then they described how this body of water ends in the ocean: " Rushing through mountain dew, to the sea's cold gleam, nothing but a stream, towards the ocean dream." Most streams or rivers are formed whenever water moved downhill from one place to another. The lines , "Rolling wave, calling now voices clear and pure, find the way home somehow, find the way for sure,"  illustrates how eventually these waves which commenced in small bodies of water, find their end - the oceans. Moreover, the last line, "Wave of green, wave of blue, flowing home," the last wave will eventually reach its end, hence, the Italian translation, "Non sei piu  (there is no longer)."

In plain sight, the writers of the song are just describing a natural phenomenon. How rivers form and how they flow to the seas, and ultimately the oceans. On a deeper level, this may mean dreaming small and then dreaming big. Small aspirations eventually turn to ambitions. After that, gloriously achieving them until one is self-actualized, which I believe a small percentage of humanity succeeds of doing. Perhaps this applies to Pope John Paul   II, Mother Theresa, Dalai Lama, among others. But then the innate ability of humans to constantly thirst and hunger for more defeats Abraham Maslow's fifth hierarchy of human needs which is self-actualization. This level means there is nothing left to conquer.

Non C'e Piu utilized Symphony Number 9 Largo II  by Dvorak to create a variety of emotions. The piece   is a work of a musical genius. But it is a higher form of music that only a few understands. How can something beautiful be taken for granted for something popular which is destructive?

How  far better can  emotions be communicated then than through words? In the first video below, Celtic Woman interpreted a David Downes,Barry McCrea, and Vaitriona Ni Dhubhghaill collaboration:

Onda blu, dove vai

Non lo chiedero

Cio che tu perderai

Non lo cerchero

Cerchi di sfociare

Corri sempre giu

Quando trov il mare

Fiume non c'è piu

Wave of blue, long ago

Nothing but a stream

Rushing through mountain dew

To the sea's cold gleam

Nothing but a stream

Towards the ocean dream

Nata dal cielo

Day by day, deeper now

Al di là per quel

Songo sempre piu

Al di là delle colline

Scorri oltre il confine

Fiume non c'è piu

Rolling wave, calling now

Voices clear and pure

Find the way home somehow

Find the way for sure

Quando vuoi sboccare

Scorri sempre giu

Finché trov il mare

Finché non sei piu

Wave of green, wave of blue

Flowing home

Non sei piu

In this second video, Libera, a group of very young, talented boys from the UK, did  a Robert Prizeman version entitled, "Going Home."

With angels and cherubs singing, how can Dvorak's masterpiece go wrong?  You may disagree with my positions, but I love the dynamics of opinions. They make a wide range of possibilities. I would not want to reach the point of Non C'e Piu. With that, I keep the waves infinitely flowing.