譯作17 記住

【英】克裏斯蒂娜·羅塞蒂

2022年06月14日

 

記住我，當我已經離去

去了一個遙遠的沉寂之地

當你再也不能用手抓住我

而我也無法欲走還留

記住我，當你再也不能日複一日

跟我嘮叨你對我們未來的憧憬：

隻需記住我

你明白，勸說和祈禱都為時已晚

然而你若短時將我忘記

而後又將我憶起，不要哀傷:

如果黑暗和腐朽中仍殘存一絲我的思想痕跡

你若能將我遺忘而麵帶微笑

遠勝於你念著我，卻心感悲淒

 

原文

Remember 

BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Remember me when I am gone away,

         Gone far away into the silent land;

         When you can no more hold me by the hand,

Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.

Remember me when no more day by day

         You tell me of our future that you plann'd:

         Only remember me; you understand

It will be late to counsel then or pray.

Yet if you should forget me for a while

         And afterwards remember, do not grieve:

         For if the darkness and corruption leave

         A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,

Better by far you should forget and smile

         Than that you should remember and be sad.