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,
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!