Like soldiers with an oath, they will do it all, for their offspring — their granary in famine.
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Off they send their offspring
To the city for better education,
While in solitude they remain through hardships.
They rise before sunrise,
To catch the bus that plays in the dust,
Parceling vegetables to reach the city.
They toil in the sun, sparing no day for rest,
Every penny saved to meet their needs,
To liberate them from the miseries they endured.
Their lived stories are a parable to them,
Their prayers — their offspring, a shield.
Like soldiers with an oath, they will do it all,
For their offspring — their granary in famine.
Asheto Tenna Achumi