an amaranth planted in a garden near a rose-tree, thus addressed it:"what a lovely flower is the rose, a favorite 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 art immortal and dost never fade, but bloomest for ever in renewed youth."

花园里，苋菜和玫瑰生长在一起。【如沫文學】她对玫瑰说:“看你们长得多漂亮啊！神灵和人类都非常喜欢你们。我是多么羡慕你美丽的外表和芬芳的气味啊！”“不，苋菜，”玫瑰回答说，“我的花瓣再好看，也只有几天寿命罢了！即使大家不来采摘，我也会自行凋谢的。而你就不同了，一年四季都可以长出新枝嫩叶。”

接受自己的命运。