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) |
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. | |
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. | |