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.

克里丝蒂娜·罗塞蒂的诗，简单而永恒。相对于忘却来说，再长久的记忆，也是短暂的。就像相对于永恒的死亡，人生总是短暂。不如从容忘记。当然，记不记得，并不由人选择。不能忘却有时使人痛苦，不能记得却只让人释然。

还有这首徐志摩译过的《SONG》:

       当我死去的时候 亲爱
　　你别为我唱悲伤的歌
　　我坟上不必安插蔷薇
　　也无需浓荫的柏树
　　让盖着我的轻轻的草
　　淋着雨也沾着露珠
　　假如你愿意 请记着我
　　要是你甘心 忘了我
　　在悠久的坟墓中迷惘
　　阳光不升起也不消翳
　　我也许 也许我还记得你
　　我也许把你忘记

　　我再见不到地面的青荫
　　觉不到雨露的甜蜜
　　我再听不到夜莺的歌喉
　　在黑夜里倾吐悲啼
　　在悠久的坟墓中迷惘
　　阳光不升起也不消翳
　　我也许 也许我还记得你
　　我也许把你忘记

　　When I am dead, my dearest,
　　Sing no sad songs for me;
　　Plant thou no roses at my head,
　　Nor shady cypress tree;
　　Be the green grass above me
　　With showers and dewdrops wet;
　　And if thou wilt, remember,
　　And if thou wilt,forget.
　　I shall not see the shadows,
　　I shall not feel the rain;
　　I shall not hear the nightingale
　　Sing on as if in pain;
　　And dreaming through the twilight
　　That doth not rise nor set,
　　Haply I may remember,
　　And haply may forget.

当然我更喜欢狄金森，她说：如果记住就是忘却，我将不再回忆；如果忘却就是记住，我多么接近于忘却。

If recollecting were forgetting

If recollecting were forgetting

Then I remember not

And if forgetting, recollecting

How near I had forget

And if to miss, were merry

And to moum, were gay

That gathered this, today!