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Narcissus, the son of the river-god Cephisus and the nymph（女神） Liriope, was an extraordinarily handsome, yet cold and vain（虚荣）youth.

河神刻菲索斯和仙女莱里奥普的儿子纳西塞斯，相貌英俊，但性格冷淡虚荣。

With flowing blond hair, beautiful blue eyes and bright white teeth, he attracted many admirers but, in his arrogance, spurned（踢开） them all. The suffering of one of them, however, brought down upon him a deadly curse.

他五颜六色的金色头发、迷人的蓝眼睛和闪亮的白色牙齿吸引了许多追求者。然而，傲慢的纳西塞斯鄙视所有的追求者，伤害了他们。其中，追求者的痛苦导致了纳西塞斯的悲剧。

The admirer was the youth Aminias, who became distraught（发疯的） when Narcissus cruelly spurned him and slew himself before his door, calling on the goddess Nemesis to avenge him.

追求者是男人阿米尼亚斯。在纳西塞斯残忍地拒绝了他的爱之后，他几乎疯了。他在纳西塞斯门口自杀，并召唤复仇女神涅墨西斯为他报仇。

他的祈祷很快就得到了回应。涅墨西斯让纳西塞斯爱上了他在水中的影子。他整天盯着湖边水中的倒影，每次他伸手去摸那张美丽的脸，一切都变成了空虚，只留下波光粼粼的水面。

Narcissus stopped eating, lost his beautiful looks and pined for his love. Eventually he pined away and was transformed by the nymphs（女神） into a

narcissus flower（水仙花）

慢慢地纳西塞斯受不了相思之苦，不吃不喝，在湖边憔悴而死。仙女们可怜他，把它变成水仙花。

Others, however, say he was filled with despair and remorse（懊悔） and killed himself beside the pool. From his dying life's blood the flower was born. Now narcissus flowers can be found to this day growing wherever you can find water and trees.

另一种说法是，纳西塞斯绝望地在湖边自杀，从他的血泊中长出了水仙花。直到今天，每个人都可以看到水仙花在湖边或丛林中绽放。