If recollecting were forgetting 
如果记住就是忘却

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

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