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 dewdrop wet;
And if thou wilt, remember... And if thou wilt, forget.
For I'll 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... Or Haply may forget.
Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree.
Be the green grass above me, With showers and dewdrop wet;
And if thou wilt, remember... And if thou wilt, forget.
For I'll 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... Or Haply may forget.