迴響：她走了‧請記得我 ── David Harkins / 陳淑珠追思集七
雲天，2011 / Joe
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“She Is Gone” 是英語世界常用的葬禮告別辭。我嘗試翻譯並引錄，獻給阿珠所有的親友，但願我們哀悼之情得以稍稍紓解……(Joe)
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《 她走了 》──David Harkins
她走了你可以傷心掉淚
也可以開心她活過
可以閉上眼睛祈禱她回來
也可以睜開眼睛，看她留下的所有一切
因為見不到她而內心空虛
或滿溢享有過的愛
活在昨天逃避明天
或因為昨天而樂盼明天
痛心她走了而想念她
或珍惜這想念讓它隨你綿延
哭著封閉心扉、空虛逃避
或做她所期望的：睜開雙眼、露出笑容、去愛，並繼續不懈
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She Is Gone - David Harkins - A Popular Funeral Reading
You can shed tears that she is goneor you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back
or you can open your eyes and see all she has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see her
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her and only that she's gone
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back
or you can do what she would want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
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在網路上找到 David Harkins 另一首詩 "Remember Me"，似為上一首詩的原型，以第一人稱書寫，更為直接感人；一併翻譯並引用於下：
REMEMBER ME
請記得我
Do not shed tears when I have gone
一旦我走了切勿流淚
but smile instead because I have lived.
請代以微笑因我曾經活過
Do not shut your eyes and pray to God that I’ll come back
切勿閉上眼睛祈求上帝要我回來
but open your eyes and see all that I have left behind.
但睜開眼睛看所有我遺下的一切
I know your heart will be empty because you cannot see me
我知道你會心感空虛因無法見我
but still I want you to be full of the love we shared.
但我希望你依然滿載我們共享過的情誼
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live only for yesterday
你可以逃避明天而只活在昨天
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of what happened between us yesterday.
或者因著我們昨日的種種而為明天歡樂
You can remember me and grieve that I have gone
你可以思念並哀傷我走了
or you can cherish my memory and let it live on.
或者珍惜我底記憶讓它隨你綿延
You can cry and lose yourself become distraught and turn your back on the world
你可以哭泣、陷溺於心煩意亂並逃避人世
or you can do what I want - smile, wipe away the tears, learn to love again and go on.
或者做我所期望的─笑、拭乾淚水、學著再度去愛、且堅持下去
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*I can't go on. I must go on. I'll go on.
我堅持不下去了。我一定要堅持下去。我當然要堅下去。
*Line taken from Samuel Beckett's novel 'The Unnameable.'
摘自Samuel Beckett的小說'The Unnameable.'
─── David Harkins