Christina Rossetti
"“What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and truth.”"
27 Quotes
"“What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and truth.”"
"ما الثقيل؟ رمل البحر والأسى.
ما القصير؟ اليوم والغد.
ما الهشّ؟ زهر الربيع والشباب.
ما العميق؟ المحيط والحقيقة."
Christina Rossetti
"“Remember Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand,Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more, day by day, You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.”"
"تذكرني حين أرحل بعيدًا، أرحل بعيدًا إلى أرض الصمت؛ حين لا تستطيع أن تمسك بيدي، ولا أستدير نصف استدارة لأذهب ثم أبقى. تذكرني حين لا تخبرني يومًا بعد يوم عن مستقبلنا الذي خططت له: فقط تذكرني؛ أنت تدرك أنه سيكون الأوان قد فات للنصح أو الدعاء حينها. ومع ذلك، إن نسيتني لبرهة ثم تذكرتني، فلا تحزن: فإذا تركت الظلمة والفساد بقايا من الأفكار التي كانت لدي يومًا، فخير لك بكثير أن تنسى وتبتسم من أن تتذكر وتحزن."
Christina Rossetti
The Complete Poems
"“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.”"
"إذا ما واراكِ الثرى، يا حبيبتي
إذا ما واراكِ الثرى، يا حبيبتي،
فلا تُنشدي لي حزينَ الغناءِ؛
ولا تغرسي عند رأسي وروداً،
ولا شجرَ السروِ الظليلَ الوضاءِ:
ليكنْ فوقي العشبُ الأخضرُ،
تُبلّلهُ الأمطارُ وقطراتُ النداءِ؛
وإن شئتِ، تذكّري،
وإن شئتِ، فلتنسي ما تشائي.
لن أرى الظلالَ،
ولن أشعرَ بوقعِ الأمطارِ؛
ولن أسمعَ العندليبَ يصدحُ،
كأنما يشكو من الأضرارِ:
وفي حلمٍ يمرُّ عبرَ غسقٍ
لا يشرقُ ولا يغيبُ، في انتظارِ،
ربما أتذكّرُ،
وربما أنسى، في قرارِ."
Christina Rossetti
The Complete Poems
"Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad."
"لأن تنسى وتبتسم خيرٌ لك بألف مرة من أن تتذكر وتحزن."
Christina Rossetti
"Love shall be our token love be yours and love be mine."
"الحب شعارنا، فليكن حبك وحبي."
Christina Rossetti
"For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands."
"إذ لا صديق كالأخت في السلم أو في غمرة الخطوب؛ تشدّ أزر المرء في دربه المضني، وتنتشله إن ضلّ السبيل، وترفعه إن كبا، وتقوّيه ما دام واقفًا."
Christina Rossetti
"She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth."
Christina Rossetti
"Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad."
Christina Rossetti
"Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve:For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of thoughts that I once had,Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad."
Christina Rossetti
"O cousin Kate, my love was true,Your love was writ in sand:If he had fooled not me but you,If you had stood where i stand,He'd not have won me with his love,Nor bought me with his land;I would have spit into his face And not have taken his hand. Yet I have a gift you have not got,And seem not like to get:For all your clothes and wedding-ring I've little doubt you fret. My fair-haired son, my shame, my pride,Cling closer, closer yet:Your father would give lands for oneto wear his coronet"
Christina Rossetti
"Who shall tell the lady's grief When her Cat was past relief?Who shall number the hot tears Shed o'er her, beloved for years?Who shall say the dark dismay Which her dying caused that day?"
Christina Rossetti
"A fool I was to sleep at noon, And wake when night is chilly Beneath the comfortless cold moon; A fool to pluck my rose too soon, A fool to snap my lily. My garden-plot I have not kept; Faded and all-forsaken,I weep as I have never wept: Oh it was summer when I slept, It's winter now I waken. Talk what you please of future spring And sun-warm'd sweet to-orrow: Stripp'd bare of hope and everything, No more to laugh, no more to sing, I sit alone with sorrow."
Christina Rossetti
"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and no one thank."
Christina Rossetti
✉️
Get more quotes like Christina Rossetti's — every morning.
Join thousands of wisdom seekers getting daily quotes from 300,000+ curated sources.
Free forever. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
🎉 Check your inbox to confirm your subscription!