When I Am Gone Lyrics

When I am gone, my dearest

Sing no sad songs for me

Plant no roses at my head

No shady cypress tree

Be the green grass above me

With showers and dewdrops wet

And if you want, remember

And if you want, forget

I shall not see the shadows

I shall not feel the rain

I shall not hear the nightingale

Sing, as if in pain

And dreaming through the twilight

That does not rise nor set

Happy I may remember

And happy I may forget