The Chalice Moon

The Chalice Moon is a song sung by Samurrian in Book 1 to introduce the Chalice Moon villet solant theater company."Rise, what falls, and praise her grace, on knees she somber weeping makes.""Twice a’day, my lark a’fleeting, this moon, my star, my dreamling.""Ere high mountain frigid be, light of night still fever’d sea.""Lo within she watches me, fae love, the hymn of healing."

Interpretation
The song is a Jeceau wordplay on the idiom "fae love" which is synonymous with "true love" or "love at first sight." In ancient Jeceau, "fae bon" translates to "fae love." But Faebon is the name of Landfall's biggest moon, which is sometimes called the "Chalice Moon." So, for a person of Jeceau heritage, the phrase "fae bon," when spoken, can be ambiguous -- does it refer to the moon? ("Twice a’day, my lark a’fleeting...") Or does it refer to true love? ("Lo within she watches me...") The song seems to refer to both.

To further complicate matters, Samurrian's theater company is also called the Chalice Moon. So the song ambiguously refers to all three: the moon, true love, and the company.

Construction
The song has a curious construction that roughly mirrors the Great Compass of the Izu'a'ir (which also happens to be the Guild Compass, the banner of the villet solant). "Light of night" is between "high mountain" and "fever'd sea" and keeps them "still" -- just as the Aran (sky gods) stood between the Izilan (mountain gods) and Ahzulan (sea gods) and kept the peace long ago, according to legend. "My dreamling" sits above them all, and "she" who is "within" sits below them -- just as the grim dream and shadow are often depicted as "above" and "below" the flesh.

Foreshadowing
The song is directed to Mikoa, and arguably foreshadows her fall from grace, followed by her rise to power as a ziraduun. ("Rise, what falls, and praise her grace, on knees she somber weeping makes...")