When I Am Dead, My Dearest
Christina Georgina Rossetti
When I am dead, my dearst,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dwedrops wet:
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on as if in pain:
And deraming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.
當我離開人間,最親愛的
克里斯蒂娜.羅塞蒂
當我離開人間,最親愛的,
別為我哀歌悲切;
我的墓前不要栽玫瑰,
也不要柏樹茂密;
愿綠茵覆蓋我的身軀,
沾著濕潤的靈珠雨水;
假如你愿意,就把我懷念,
假如你愿意,就把我忘卻。
我不會重見那蔭影,
不會感覺雨天來臨;
我不會聽見夜鶯
一聲聲仿佛哀鳴;
我置身夢境,在朦朧的黎明,
它從不升起,也永不沉淪;
也許我會懷念,
也許我會忘卻。