When I Am Dead, My Dearest

当我死去，我的爱人

By Christina Georgina Rossetti

译者：Wendy Chang

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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。