I wish I could remember...

Christina Rossetti

I wish I could remember that first day,

First hour, first moment of your meeting me,

If bright or dim the season,

it might be Summer or Winter for aught I can say;

So unrecorded did it slip away,

So blind was I to see and to foresee,

So dull to mark the budding of my tree

That would not blossom for many a May.

If only I could recollect¹ it, such A day of days!

I let it come and go

As traceless as a thaw² of bygone snow;

It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;

If only now I could recall that touch,

First touch of hand in hand—Did one but know!

但愿我不曾忘记

但愿不曾忘记遇到你的第一天

第一个小时，第一个瞬间

季节是明亮还是幽暗

是夏天冬天或者其他

记忆中你已消失不见

踪影无处可以找寻

似乎在我生命里看不到任何线索

而我生命也因此错过很多花期

但愿能够再回忆起与你相遇

那个很多天中的一天

当你在我生命中擦身而过

象冰雪消融不留痕迹

看来微不足道，原来却意义重大

但愿我不曾忘记那最初的相遇

那时是否我曾经牵过你的手