If Recollecting Were Forgetting
By Emily Dickinson
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，
我宁愿不再想起。
如果忘却就是记住，
我离忘却多近。
And if to miss, were merry,
And to mourn, were gay,
How very blithe the fingers
That gathered this, Today!
如果错过，是愉快，
而哀伤，是喜悦，
那么手指是何等的愉悦欢腾，
此刻，采撷到这些。
