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“While grain is coming forth from the earth above,
    what lies beneath is ravaged by fire.
Its rocks are the enclosure for sapphires,
    and there is gold contained in its dust.
No bird of prey knows the path there;
    the eye of a falcon has not seen it.

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The earth, from which food comes,(A)
    is transformed below as by fire;
lapis lazuli(B) comes from its rocks,
    and its dust contains nuggets of gold.(C)
No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
    no falcon’s eye has seen it.(D)

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