思忆
请记住我,当我离去时,
我去到那遥远的静谧的土地;
那时你再不能牵住我的手,
而我也再不能欲去还留。
请记住我,当你再也不能日复一日
向我诉说着对未来的想望:
只要你还记着我,你明白的
到那时再相劝或祈祷已然迟矣。
但如果你暂时将我遗忘
而后又忆起,请不要忧伤:
因为那黑暗和腐朽之乡,
倘若能留下些许我过去的思想,
我宁愿你能将我微笑地忘记,
也远远胜似你把我悲伤地记起。
Remember
by Christina Georgina Rossetti
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 plann'd:
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.