“Nếu nhớ lại là quên...” “If recollecting were forgetting...”

“If recollecting were forgetting...”

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!