Of the remnant of the black-haired people of Chou

There will not be left so much as half a man.

Ruler over the high, wide Heavens,

Even I shall not be spared.

Why should I not be terrified

Since the ancestral sacrifices will be ended?

Already the drought is terrible beyond expression!

The consequences of it cannot be prevented.

Scorching—scorching!

Blazing—blazing!