Though when the field is wet, all of them will do their work,
a plowman will look over each of his oxen with great care to determine
which are the best he has! So among all those men of ancient lineage,
all those men of greatness, those men with their exalted dignity,
when he takes the vessel of new gold filled up with toddy
and brought to him with reverence and he says “Give this to that man,”
do not be surprised at it! Bard, don't you hear the message
“Now is the time for you to wear flowers for battle!”
spoken by the voice of the drum,
its mouth covered in the hands of the low-caste drummer?