Recordar

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!

Emily Dickinson

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Si recordar fuera olvidar,

entonces no recuerdo.
Y si olvidar, recordar,
casi había olvidado.
Y si añorar, fuera divertido,
y lamentar, grato,
¡cuán alegres los dedos
que cogieron esto, Hoy!

traducción de Álvaro Torres Ruiz