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Because the ground is cracked,
    since there has been no rain in the land,
    the farmers are ashamed—
        they cover their heads.
For even the doe in the field
    abandons her newborn fawn,
        because there is no grass.
Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills,
    as they pant for air like jackals.
    Their eyes fail,
    since there is no foliage.

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