玛莎缓缓地向房子走去，不时停下来剪下枯叶或凋谢的花朵。

Masa walked slowly towards the house, stopping now and then to cut off dead leaves or fading flowers.

youdao

美德是世上唯一不凋谢的花朵。

The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue.

youdao

不管我那忧愁、凋谢的脸。

Despite my sad and faded face.

youdao

She's a flower, she's perishable, she's half hidden, - and she's ultimately dead and in the ground-- whereas a star would seem to be something that she just can't be mapped onto if she is this half-hidden thing.

她是一朵花，是易腐烂的，有一半深埋在土里，最终凋谢回归土地-,如果她一般在土里,她就不可能是星星。

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