It takes in the dried-up soil, the prickly pear, the palm tree and the distant mountain, but it always misses the peasant hoeing at his patch.

那里有干燥的土壤、长满针刺的洋梨树、棕榈树和遥远的山脉，唯独缺少种地的农民。

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And when they passed by in the morning they saw the FIG tree dried up from the roots.

早晨，他们从那里经过时，看见那棵无花果树连根都枯干了。

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