假如我今生無緣遇到你，

就讓我永遠感到恨不相逢——

讓我念念不忘，

讓我在醒時夢中都懷帶著這悲哀的苦痛。

當我的日子在世界的鬧市中度過，

我的雙手捧著每日的贏利的時候，

讓我永遠覺得我是一無所獲——

讓我念念不忘，

讓我在醒時夢中都懷帶著這悲哀的苦痛。

當我坐在路邊疲乏喘息，

當我在塵土中鋪設臥具，

讓我永遠記著前面還有悠悠的長路——

讓我念念不忘，

讓我在醒時夢中都懷帶著這悲哀的苦痛。

當我的屋子裝飾好了、蕭笛吹起、

歡笑聲喧的時候，

讓我永遠覺得我還沒有請你光臨——

讓我念念不忘，

讓我在醒時夢中都懷帶著這悲哀的苦痛。

英文原詩

If it is not my portion to meet thee in this life

then let me ever feel that I have missed thy sight

---let me not forget for a moment,

let me carry the pangs of this sorrow in my dreams and in my wakeful hours.

As my days pass in the crowded market of this world and my hands grow full with the daily profits,

let me ever feel that I have gained nothing

---let me not forget for a moment,

let me carry the pangs of this sorrow in my dreams and in my wakeful hours.

When I sit by the roadside, tired and panting, when I spread my bed low in the dust,

let me ever feel that the long journey is still before me

---let me not forget a moment,

let me carry the pangs of this sorrow in my dreams and in my wakeful hours.

When my rooms have been decked out and the flutes sound and the laughter there is loud,

let me ever feel that I have not invited thee to my house

---let me not forget for a moment,

let me carry the pangs of this sorrow in my dreams and in my wakeful hours.