How do I love thee?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
-- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
我怎樣愛你？讓我來告訴你。
我用我靈魂所能達(dá)到的極限來愛你，
就像在黑暗中感受
生命的盡頭和上帝的恩惠。
我愛你，是日光和燭焰下
最基本的需要。
我無拘無束的愛你，就像人們?yōu)闄?quán)利而斗爭(zhēng)。
我無比純潔的愛你，就像人們不為贊美而陶醉。
我愛你，我的深情不再留給往日的悲傷，
我愛你，用我童年的信念，
我愛你，就像愛那些天上的圣人，
我愛你，用我生命中所有的呼吸、微笑和淚水，
如果上帝讓我去死，我會(huì)接受，
但死后我會(huì)更加愛你。