He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

夏天聚敛的，是智慧之子；收割时沉睡的，是贻羞之子。

This is a holdover from when this was a more agricultural country, and children needed to take time off during harvest.

这是一个农业国家遗留下来的，孩子们需要在收获期间休假。

And they were eaten by agricultural labourers-workers doing physical farm work during harvest time -the weeks in autumn when crops like wheat are cut and collected from the fields.

而且它们供农业劳工食用——在丰收季做体力农活的工人——丰收季指的是秋天田里的庄稼被收割的几个星期。

And they were eaten by agricultural labourers – workers doing physical farm work during harvest time – the weeks in autumn when crops like wheat are cut and collected from the fields.

农业体力劳动者吃馅饼，体力劳动者是指在收获季节从事体力劳动的工人。收货季节是秋天从田地里收割像小麦这样的农作物的那几个星期。

This meant that slaves would often work 48 hours straight during harvest time, working without sleep in the sweltering sugar press houses where the cane would be crushed in hand rollers and then boiled.

这意味着奴隶通常会在收获季节连续工作 48 小时，在闷热的糖厂里不眠不休地工作， 在那里用手压辊压碎甘蔗， 然后煮沸。