Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die. - Mary Elizabeth Frye
這首由一個家庭主婦所寫的詩，在聽過Shaz oye和新井滿兩人風格迥異的歌曲版本後，究竟何者較符合原本異鄉遊子思念母親的悲悔之情？何者能真實反映那母親孤獨死於一個充斥仇恨與壓迫的動盪時代之臨終情感？不同詮釋似乎再度証明文本極易脫離作者與被陳述主體的狀態。