When I’m Dead

When I am dead 

 [Christina Rossitti]

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.

I shall not see the shadows,

I shall not feel the rain;

I shall not hear the nightingale

Sing on, as if in pain;

And dreaming through the twilight

That doth not rise nor set,

Haply I may remember,

And haply may forget.

 

==============翻译 by 徐志摩==============

 

当我死去，我最亲爱的

请不要为我唱悲伤的歌

我的坟上不必安插玫瑰

也无需柏树的荫蔽

让青青的野草将我覆盖吧

淋着雨，也沾着露珠

假如你愿意，请记得我

要是你甘心，就忘了我

我再也不见地面的青荫

觉不到雨露的甜蜜

再听不见夜莺的歌喉

在黑夜里倾吐悲啼

在悠久的昏暮中迷惘

阳光不升起,也不消翳

我也许,也许我记得你

我也许,我也许忘记