Mowgli's song against people

I will let loose against you the fleet-footed vines -

I will call in the Jungle to stamp out your lines!

The roofs shall fade before it,

The house-beams shall fall;

And the

Karela

, the bitter

Karela,

Shall cover it all!

In the gates of these your councils my people shall sing.

In the doors of these your garners the Bat-folk shall cling;

And the snake shall be your watchman,

By a hearthstone unswept;

For the

Karela

, the bitter

Karela,

Shall fruit where ye slept!

Ye shall not see my strikers; ye shall hear them and guess;

By night, before the moon-rise, I will send for my cess,

And the wolf shall be your herdsman

By a landmark removed;

For the

Karela

, the bitter

Karela,

Shall seed where ye loved!

I will reap your fields before you at the hands of a host;

Ye shall glean behind my reapers for the bread that is lost;

And the deer shall be your oxen

On a headland untilled;

For the

Karela

, the bitter

Karela,

Shall leaf where ye build!

I have untied against you the club-footed vines,

I have sent in the Jungle to swamp out your lines.

The trees - the trees are on you!

The house-beams shall fall;

For the

Karela

, the bitter

Karela,

Shall cover you it all!