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! 

翻譯：

如果記住就是忘卻
我將不再回憶，
如果忘卻就是記住
我多么接近于忘卻。
 

如果相思，是娛樂，
而哀悼，是喜悅，
那些手指何等歡快，今天，
采擷到了這些。