Remember
[英]克裏斯蒂娜·喬治娜·羅塞蒂
Christina Georgina Rossetti
請記住我,當我離開
去了那遙遠的寧靜之地;
當你不再握緊我的手
我不會再欲去還留,猶豫不決。
請記住我,當你不再為我們的未來
日日憧憬
隻希望你能記住我;你明白
那時再商議或祈禱為時已晚。
請不要傷心,如果你一時將我忘卻,
後來又重新憶起。
因為倘若黑暗和腐朽還殘留
我曾經掛念的一絲痕跡,
我寧願你忘卻而微笑,
也不願你銘記而悲傷。
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me;you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.