will let loose against you the fleet-footed vines—I will call in the Jungle to stamp out your lines!The roofs shall fade before it,The house-beams shall fall,And the Karela, the bitter Karela,Shall cover it all!
In the gates of these your councils my people shall sing,In the doors of these your garners the Bat-folk shall cling;And the snake shall be your watchman,By a hearthstone unswept;For the Karela, the bitter Karela,Shall fruit where ye slept!
Ye shall not see my strikers; ye shall hear them and guess;By night, before the moon-rise, I will send for my cess,And the wolf shall be your herdsmanBy a landmark removed,For the Karela, the bitter Karela,Shall seed where ye loved!
I will reap your fields before you at the hands of a host;Ye shall glean behind my reapers, for the bread that is lost;And the deer shall be your oxenBy a headland untilled,For the Karela, the bitter Karela,Shall leaf where ye build!
I have untied against you the club-footed vines,I have sent in the Jungle to swamp out your lines.The trees—the trees are on you!The house-beams shall fall,And the Karela, the bitter Karela,Shall cover you all!
will let loose against you the fleet-footed vines—I will call in the Jungle to stamp out your lines!The roofs shall fade before it,The house-beams shall fall,And the Karela, the bitter Karela,Shall cover it all!
will let loose against you the fleet-footed vines—I will call in the Jungle to stamp out your lines!The roofs shall fade before it,The house-beams shall fall,And the Karela, the bitter Karela,Shall cover it all!_(14597671379).jpg)