假如记忆就是遗忘

假如记忆就是遗忘，

我便再也想不起

假如遗忘就是记忆，

我几乎就要忘却。

假如思念就是快乐，

哀痛就是喜悦，

手指多么欢快

今朝将此采撷！

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!