作者：Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth andheight
My soul can reach, when feeling out ofsight
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 forright.
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’sfaith.
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 Godchoose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
我是多么爱你？让我细数端详。
我爱你，深广宽厚无可比拟。
我爱你，尽我灵魂之所及。
直至神灵无存，万物无踪。
我爱你日日夜夜而无尽期。
灿阳之下，烛影之中，昼夜、动静皆需你。
我爱你，单纯而专一，如同忘身以赴之大义。
我倾心爱你，何计身外之毁誉。
我爱你一片真情与挚意
远胜赤子之真诚，旧恨之抑郁。
我爱你情深似海洋
岂顾及神贤与神邸。
于博爱，用生命，
微笑与哭啼，以我全身心爱你，如蒙神允许，
在那形销骨化后，我会更爱你。