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Pity the farmer
憫農
by Li Shen (772-846)
——李紳（772 - 846）
The farmer hoes grain in the noonday sun,
鋤禾日當午，
With sweat dripping onto the field.
汗滴禾下土。
Who realizes that the food on their plate-
誰知盤中餐，
Every grain-comes from bitter suffering?
粒粒皆辛苦。
The rice farmer
米農
by Saoirse McCann
——西爾斯·麥凱恩
The sun is setting low, the red sky a welcoming sight;
太陽已徐徐落下，天空染起紅妝；
The farmer stands silently in the fading light.
漸失漸柔的光線中，農民矗立眺望。
The fields are watered and planted, the buffaloes are fed;
田已灌溉和播種，老牛也已喂養；
The only thing he thinks of now is finding home and bed.
現在唯一想要的，就是家里那張床。
A gentle wind is whispering of hope and dreams of life;
風兒低吟淺唱著，送來希望與夢想；
Every grain of rice requires such effort and such strife.
不努力就沒收獲，每粒米都是這樣。
Remember, when you sit and eat with family of friends,
親朋好友吃飯時，請您勿要忘；
All the many hours he works, as his fields he tends.
種米的人還在忙碌著，在那片土地上。
