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  The voice of thunder declares my arrival; The rainbow announces my departure; I am like earthly life which begins at The feet of the mad elements and ends Under the upraised wings of death.      (a) How is rain similar to earthly life?                 (b) What are the mad elements from where life on Earth begins? (c) What are the upraised wings of death for rain?

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                  (a) The two lovers, fields and clouds, need the rain. The field is thirsty for the clouds' mercy while the clouds suffer from the ailment that they cannot embrace the field, their lover. When rain pours down, both the lovers are satisfied. (b) Rain is a messenger of mercy between the field and the clouds, two lovers. It is a messenger of mercy rather than of love because rain is nature's merciful blessing for the Earth. Rain takes the messages to and from the fields and the clouds. (c) Like two lovers who cannot exist without the other, who need the other for its completion, the parched fields and the dark clouds are complementary. The fields want clouds for its rain and the clouds want the fields for creation. The fields want the clouds to satisfy its passion while the clouds need a warm place to fall down and create.