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11In winter gardens, weird floristsIn the winter gardens of bizarre florists
22Secretly sow plants full of hate,Malign plants spread stealthily,
33Whose stems soon swarm like the coils of snakesPlants whose teeming stems soon become entwined,
44Drowsing at the muddy edges of ponds.Like drowsy snakes on the muddy edges of ponds.
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66Their fearsome blooms, magnificent and rare,Their fearsome flowers, unusual and magnificent,
77Exuding heavy, heady scents,From which stream heavily-scented, intoxicating fragrances,
88Proudly open up their poisonous vessels.Proudly offer up their bowls of venomous blossom.
99Death itself blossoms in their wild magnificence.Death blooms in their savage splendour.
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1111Their sumptuous fragrances destroy one’s healthTheir sumptuous aromas ruin one’s health
1212And it is on account of having loved beauty too muchAnd it is through having indulged too much in their beauty
1313That pale queens are to be seen languishing in their palaces.That pallid queens are to be seen languishing in their palaces.
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1515And as for me, I am like you, perverse gardeners!And as for me, I am just like you, perverse gardeners!
1616In the precocious minds where I have tossed my seeds,In the precocious minds where I have cast my seeds,
1717I watch the poison of my verses flower.I watch the poison of my poetry flourish.

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