If Recollecting Were Forgetting

                              ---- Emily Dickinson

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!

rúguǒ jìzhù jiùshì wàngquè

如果记住就是忘却，

wǒ jiāng búzài huíyì
我将不再回忆，

rúguǒ wàngquè jiùshì jìzhù
如果忘却就是记住，

nà wǒ shì duōme jiējìn yú wàngquè
那我是多么接近于忘却。

 

rúguǒ sīniàn shì xǐyuè

如果思念是喜悦，

ér āishāng yěshì xǐyuè
而哀伤也是喜悦，

nàme shǒuzhǐ gāi shì héděng huānkuài
那么手指该是何等欢快，

yīnwéi jīntiān

因为今天，

tāmen yǐjīng bǎ zhèxiē quánbù cǎixié

它们已经把这些全部采撷。