Forgetting the forgotten

What was it that I was looking for?  As I stand and try to remember what it was that I was looking for, I forget what it was that I had forgotten and was trying to remember. Oh, well, forget it, I tell myself, and all’s forgotten. . . but not entirely, since I do remember that I had forgotten though what it was that I had forgotten remains unremembered.

何を探していたのかしら。探し物をしてたんだけど、と佇んで、思い出そうとして思い出せない。まあ、いいわ、と自分に言い聞かせてそのまま忘れて済ます所、、、でも、何を忘れたのかは思い出せないけど、忘れた事は確かに覚えているから。 すっかり忘れ切って仕舞った訳ではない。