A peasant who wishes for more
changes his plough for arms
The army has loyal farmers
with absent fathers away far
Children of empire?s troops
though honoured their father?s name
they hardly know the man well
though his name they proudly bear
Years abroad have rendered fathers
estranged from families and friends
yet love and regard still remain
after gaps of years and distance
A peasant who wishes for more
changes his plough for arms
fertile fields left idle
while we take grain from conquered lands
For children whom fathers left
when they were too young to recall
esteem comes to their hearts prior
before the warmth of filial love
At long last parted faces meet again
strange and familiar strange yet familiar
they rekindle ties and retell tidings
memories and previous habits return
Fertile fields left idle
while we take grain from conquered lands
the army has its own farmers
with absent fathers battling far
Families once again reunited
when warriors in togas turn civilians
their children venture and nestle gladly