• 1. Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!

  • 2. No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!

  • 3. Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!

  • 4. His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel!-

  • 5. A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!