YOU SAID:
the pages have withered, i've written in vain
INTO JAPANESE
ページは枯れ、私は無駄に書いた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The pages are dry and I wrote in vain
INTO JAPANESE
ページは乾いていて、私は無駄に書いた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The pages are dry and I wrote in vain
That didn't even make that much sense in English.