What does 「父なる砂漠」mean?


There is a line in the 「この涙 星になれ」, which is a song of ZARD (Sakai Izumi):

> 父なる砂漠 コイン投げて 明日を占おう

I don't understand the meaning of 「父なる砂漠」. It's quite strange to think of it
as the desert that has been a father...

坂井泉水の大ファンなんです。今歌詞を整理しているので、理解出来ないところを問題にして、援助をお願いします。

Thank you very much.




As sawa suggested, 母なる大地 (which literally means “the earth which is a mother”)
is a fixed phrase to refer to Mother Earth, a common personification of the
earth. Just to clarify, 父なる砂漠 is not a common phrase, but it clearly builds on
top of the phrase 母なる大地. The phrase may be an invention by the writer of the
song.

Interpretation of song lyrics is a delicate art, and I will not try to do it
here.




As sawa suggested, 母なる大地 (which literally means “the earth which is a mother”)
is a fixed phrase to refer to Mother Earth, a common personification of the
earth. Just to clarify, 父なる砂漠 is not a common phrase, but it clearly builds on
top of the phrase 母なる大地. The phrase may be an invention by the writer of the
song.

Interpretation of song lyrics is a delicate art, and I will not try to do it
here.

