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Pity the farmer

by Li Shen (772–846)

The farmer hoes grain in the noonday sun,

With sweat dripping onto the field.

Who realizes that the food on their plate—

Every grain—comes from bitter suffering?

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The rice farmer

by Saoirse McCann

The Sun is setting low, the red sky a welcoming sight;

The farmer stands silently in the fading light.

The fields are watered and planted, the buffaloes are fed;

The only thing he thinks of now is finding home and bed.

A gentle wind is whispering of hope and dreams of life;

Every grain of rice requires such effort and such strife.

Remember, when you sit and eat with family or friends,

All the many hours he works, as his fields he tends.

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Grammar

Object clauses

A Saying what we know, think, believe, etc. (that-clauses)

B Saying what we know, think, believe, etc. (wh-clauses)