When I Am Dead, My Dearest
当我死去，我的爱人
By Christina Georgina Rossetti
译者：Wendy Chang
When I am dead, my dearest,
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 dewdrops wet:
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
当我死去，我的爱人，
请不必为我哀歌；
我不要满头玫瑰的花朵，
也不喜松柏的树影婆娑；
只让青青绿草，淅淅小雨，
还有那滴滴露珠，将我覆没；
若你愿意，你可记得，
若你愿意，遗忘亦可。
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not see the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingle
Sing on as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply I may forget.
我将看不到浓重阴影，
触不到雨丝滴落，
也听不到夜莺凄楚的哀歌；
只在蒙蒙的薄暮中梦着，
不会升起，易不陨落；
或许，我会记得，
或许，也就忘了。
