How Do I Love Thee?
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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 candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love with a 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.
譯文：我是怎樣的愛你？（伊麗莎白·勃朗寧）
我是怎樣的愛你？訴不盡萬語千言：
我愛你的程度是那樣地高深和廣遠，
恰似我的靈魂曾飛到了九天與黃泉，
去探索人生的奧妙，和神靈的恩典。
無論是白晝還是夜晚，我愛你不息，
像我每日必需的攝生食物不能間斷。
我純潔地愛你，不為奉承吹捧迷惑，
我勇敢地愛你，如同為正義而奮爭！
愛你，以昔日的劇痛和童年的忠誠，
愛你，以眼淚、笑聲及全部的生命。
要是沒有你，我的心就失去了圣賢，
要是沒有你，我的心就失去了激情。
假如上帝愿意，請為我作主和見證：
在我死后，我必將愛你更深，更深！