萎谢

我怕它会萎谢了，掉在尘土里。

I fear lest it droop and drop into the dust .

数天后，花萎谢了。

A couple of days later , the flowers withered .

如今却在暴风后萎谢凋零；

But now withered in the blast .

花儿萎谢；但是戴花的人不必永远悲伤。

The flower fades and dies ; but he who wears the flower has not to mourn for it for ever .

看着自己的躯体慢慢地萎谢的确很可怕，但它也有幸运的一面，因为我可以有时间跟人说再见。

It 's horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing . But it 's also wonderful because of all the time I get to say goodbye .

然而，最后一度色香焕发之后，神话便蓦然萎谢，残叶凋零，不久之后，那些玩世不恭的古人像鲁奇安（Luoian）之流再捡起随风飘散凋残褪色的落红。

After this last florescence myth declined , its leaves withered , and before long all the ironic Lucians of antiquity caught at the faded blossoms whirled away by the wind .

他回答道，各自都有它适当的生产，一定的季节，适时则茂郁而开花，不当时令它们便干枯而萎谢；

He replied , Each has its appropriate produce , and appointed season , during the continuance of which it is fresh and blooming , and during their absence dry and withered ;

这朵玫瑰在悲哀中萎谢了，静静地躺在这本小书里。他在家里把这本书打开，说：“这是从荷马的墓上摘下的一朵玫瑰。”

The rose faded with grief , and lay between the leaves of the book , which he opened in his own home , saying ," Here is a rose from the grave of Homer . "