| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | VI. Le Cadi Perclus | | By Harold Greenthal |
| | (From the French of Tristan Klingsor, 1921) |
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O VENERABLE Cadi, | |
| Nothing now remains | |
| Of your voluptuous vigor | |
| Of yesterday. | |
| Your poor heart is cold, | 5 |
| Your body is crippled, | |
| Your face is seamed with wrinkles | |
| And Love has strung bulging pouches | |
| Under your eyes. | |
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| Your sex, which hangs pendant | 10 |
| At the base of your belly, | |
| Is like a soft banana of Ispahan | |
| Between two shriveled oranges | |
| From Damas. | | | |
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