How Do I Love Thee
How do I love thee （by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)） 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 everyday'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 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！