As A Memory pg. 18

As A Memory

When you have already abandoned that loving solitude

Where our lives flowed so sweetly

Remember this that I’m writing you

And mourn the happiness that’s already past

            Perhaps when your eyes catch sight of my letter

            Read it sweetly, remember

That I wish you well

Youth will not last long

            So play and be happy

Be merry always and everywhere

            Without cares, rush after experience

Like the cold stone leaning by the grave

Sometimes stops passersby with [its] inscription

So also my name, when you see this card

May you read [it] with tender eyes

            And when, after that, you have read through the page

            Then, when future years have come

Think about me, as if departed

And consider that here my heart is buried