When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree.
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 dewdrops wet
And if thou wilt, remember
And if thou wilt, forget.
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet
And if thou wilt, remember
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on as if in pain:
When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet
And if thou wilt, remember
And if thou wilt, forget.
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember
And haply may forget.