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Because the ground is cracked
    due to a total lack of rainfall,
the farmers are desperate,
    and they too cover their heads.
Even the doe in the open country
    abandons her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.
Wild donkeys stand on the bare heights
    and pant for air like jackals,
while their eyes grow dim
    because of a lack of pasture.

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