If Recollecting Were Forgetting（

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。