It is the unfailing fall of rain that sustains the world.
Therefore, look upon rain as the nectar of life.
Rain produces man's wholesome food;
And rain itself forms part of his food besides.
Though oceanic waters surround it, the world will be deluged
By hunger's hardships if the billowing clouds betray us.
When clouds withhold their watery wealth,
Farmers cease to pull their plows.
It is rain that ruins, and it is rain again
That raises up those it has ruined.
Unless raindrops fall from the sky,
Not a blade of green grass will rise from the earth.
The very nature of oceans, though vast, would diminish,
If clouds ceased to take up water and give back rain's gifts
Unless the heavens grant their gifts, neither the giver's generosity
Nor the ascetic's aloofness will grace this wide world.
No life on earth can exist without water,
And the ceaseless flow of that water cannot exist without rain.
tLLuvar
