I'm translating a song and came across the following sentence:

> 明日の岸辺へと夢の舟よ進め

If it was 明日の岸辺へと夢の舟よ進む it would mean "move on the dream boat to the shores of
tomorrow". What changes with this conjugation?

Thank you very much.
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translation conjugations imperatives
Which conjugation is this 進む → 進め
This is the [命令形]{めい・れい・けい} - imperative form. It translates more like

> O dream boat, go/move on to the shore of tomorrow

Which is almost what you have. The difference is that the singer is addressing
the boat (夢の船 **よ** ), not saying "go on" the boat.
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