夏天的烈日是一支支無形的鐵錘
從稻子結穗開始
它們便無時無刻都在給稻子錘鍊了
它們使出其所有的力量給錘鍊著
把一顆顆稻穀錘鍊得堅實
錘鍊得越來越有重量
錘鍊得謙虛彎腰有禮
錘鍊得一顆顆金黃而貴重
最後它們還不忘在曬穀場上給錘鍊
並且不忘給錘鍊出清香來
成為色香味俱全而有用

你羨慕夏天的烈日給稻穀錘鍊嗎？
你願意冒著汗給夏天的烈日錘鍊嗎？
你願意被夏天的烈日錘鍊得
和稻穀一樣色香味俱全而有用嗎？

Tempered under the Burning Sun
　　　　Hsu ChiCheng

The burning summer sun is an invisible hammer
From the rice have grown out heads
It begins to do its upmost
To temper them all the time
It tempers the rice stronger and stronger
And their heads turn heavier and heavier
Golden and valuable as gold
Elegant and refined in manner
Even on the threshing floor
The sun still tempers them
Into fragrant and delicious

Do you envy the rice tempered by the summer sun?
Are you ready to be tempered by the summer sun?
Do you like to be tempered as golden and fragrant as rice
By the summer sun?@