Curse of Devastation

~ Curse of Devastation ~











Mountains, split open,
Trees, cleave asunder,
Stones, crack and shatter!

Upon the deed that has been done
may the stones cry aside the river,
mountains spill out raging torrents,
what is green may wither and fade
bloom and bud and breed never again!

(translated from the 1703 masterpiece of Dimitrie Cantemir, "Istoria ieroglifica")
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