If Recollecting Were Forgetting
---- Emily Dickinson
If recollecting were forgetting,
如果记住就是忘却,
Then I remember not.
我将不再回忆,
And if forgetting, recollecting,
如果忘却就是记住,
How near I had forgot.
那我是多么接近于忘却。
And if to miss, were merry,
如果思念是喜悦,
And to mourn, were gay,
而哀伤也是喜悦,
How very blithe the fingers
那么手指该是何等欢快,
That gathered this, Today!
因为今天,它们已经把这些全部采撷。