Let It Be Forgotten

Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold.
Let it be forgotten forever and ever,
Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

If anyone asks, say it was forgotten
Long and long ago,
As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall
In a long-forgotten snow.

by Sara Teasdale  

譯:

就讓它被忘記，

像一朵花那樣被忘記，

像一團曾正在歌唱金色的火那樣被忘記，

就讓它永遠永遠地被忘記，

時間是位友善的朋友，

他會使我們變老。

如果有人問起

就說早已忘記

猶如那朵花

那團火

還有遠去的腳步

一起消逝在早已遺忘的雪季

                           

------薩拉媞斯苔爾