They kept referring to it as "declining," even though she herself was fascinated by it, the changes it was going through, following the rules of its nature day by day, independent of her will.
Они продолжали называть его  «разлагающимся», хотя сама Навид была очарована им и теми переменами, которые с ним происходили по законам природы, день за днём, независимо от её воли.