Do not remember past things that bring regret
Memories, caught between the unborn and dead
Perish and fade— all men are destined to forget

Byzantium sacked, Malacca discovered yet
The golden coffin buried deep at world’s end
Do not remember past things that bring regret

Around and around the monument of intellect
Raised the holy fire, like stars ascend
Burning (all men are destined to forget)

Paramount of new earth the oceans beset
Storms crush men racing to the ****** land
Forget, forget those things that bring regret

Aleppo, Nanjing, Warsaw. Nothing left to recollect
Of all things between the unborn and dead
Do not remember past things that bring regret

At day’s closing, the roads direct
Travelers to the mirage at horizon’s end
Do not remember past things that bring regret
Memories fade— all men are destined to forget.