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They ·dig a tunnel [sink a shaft] far from where people live,
    ·where no one has ever walked [L a place forgotten by human feet];
    they work far from people, ·swinging and swaying from ropes [L they sway suspended].
·Food grows on top of the earth [L Bread/Food comes out of the earth],
    but below ground things are ·changed [overturned] as if by fire.
·Sapphires [or Lapis lazuli] are found in rocks,
    and gold dust is also found there.

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Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,(A)
    in places untouched by human feet;
    far from other people they dangle and sway.
The earth, from which food comes,(B)
    is transformed below as by fire;
lapis lazuli(C) comes from its rocks,
    and its dust contains nuggets of gold.(D)

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