Does Your Majesty know how the grain grows? During the seventh and eighth months when drought prevails, the plants begin to wither. Then the clouds gather densely in the sky, and torrents of rain come down, and the grain thrives luxuriantly. Who can keep it back when it does so?

Does your Majesty understand the way of the growing grain? During the seventh and eighth months, when drought prevails, the plants become dry. Then the clouds collect densely in the heavens, they send down torrents of rain, and the grain erects itself, as if by a shoot. When it does so, who can keep it back?

Is young corn known to you, King? In the seventh month and the eighth, when it is dry, the young corn shrivels. The sky grows oily, clouds form, and streams of rain fall; and the corn lifts its head stoutly. Who can stop it?

Don' you knowabout rice shoots? If there’s a drought in the sixth or seventhmonth, rice shoots wither. But if the Heavens then fill with clouds,and rain falls in sheets, the shoots burst into life again. When this happens, who can resist it?

Your Majesty understands the budding of the grain. During the droughts of the seventh and eighth months, the blade droops, but when the heavens blacken, the dense clouds are formed, and the copious showers fall, then the blade suddenly rises, and who can prevent it in such circumstances.