When I am dead, my dearest,

When I am dead, my dearest,

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.

I shall not see the shadows,

I shall not feel the rain;

I shall not hear the nightingale

Sing on, as if in pain:

And dreaming through the twilight

That doth not rise nor set,

Haply I may remember,

And haply may forget.

When I am dead, my dearest,

And rest in silent peace,

Know that my love for thee, dear,

Will never fade or cease.

In memories' gentle whispers,

I'll linger in thy heart,

Where neither time nor sorrow

Can ever keep us apart.