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272. The Rose And The Amaranth

An Amaranth planted in a garden n
ear a Rose-tree thus addressed it: "What a lovely flower is the Rose, a favourite alike with Gods and with men. I envy you your beauty and your perfume." The Rose replied, "I indeed, dear Amaranth, flourish but for a
brief season! If no cruel hand pluck me from my stem, yet I must perish by an early doom. But thou are immortal, and dost never fade, but bloomest for ever in renewed youth."
272. 玫瑰和不雕谢的花
一棵不雕谢的花种在花园中,靠近一株玫瑰花树,对它说:「玫瑰真是可爱的花儿啊,是众神们的宠儿,同样又是人们的宠物。 我嫉妒你的美丽和芳香呢。」 玫瑰回答说:「我亲爱的不雕谢之花,但是我只盛开短短的一季呀! 如果没有残酷的手,把我从茎上摘去,我也会因短暂的生命结束而死的。 但你却是永存的,也永远不会褪色,总是永久常青。」



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