如果记住就是忘却

狄金森
江枫（译）

如果记住就是忘却
我将不再回忆，
如果忘却就是记住
我多么接近于忘却。

如果相思，是娱乐，
而哀悼，是喜悦，
那些手指何等欢快，今天，
采撷到了这些。

If recollecting were forgetting

If recollecting were forgetting,
Then I remember not.
And if forgetting, recollecting,
How near I had forgot.

And if to miss, were merry,
And to mourn, were gay,
How very blithe the fingers
That gathered this, Today!

本诗入选 北岛《给孩子的诗》