2 the same is donewith iron and copper.
3 Miners carry lanternsdeep into the darknessto search for these metals.
4 They dig tunnelsin distant, unknown places,where they dangle by ropes.
5 Far beneath the grain fields,fires are builtto break loose those rocks
6 that have jewels or gold.
7 Miners go to places unseenby the eyes of hawks;
8 they walk on soil unknownto the proudest lions.