How Do I Love Thou
[英]伊麗莎白·巴雷特·巴朗寧
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
我該怎樣來愛你?讓我計數這些方式。
我愛你直到我的靈魂所能觸及的
深度、廣度和高度,在我視線之外,
摸索著,存在的極致和優雅的理想。
我愛你,如同日常所需一樣必不可少,
如同陽光與蠟燭。
我自由地愛你,如同人們奔赴正義。
我純潔地愛你,如同人們放棄表揚。
我愛你,用那將我陷入往昔痛苦的**,
我愛你,用我童年的忠誠。
我愛你,我原以為那種虔誠
早已隨聖徒的消失而逝去。
我愛你,用我的呼吸,我的微笑,我的眼淚,我的整個生命來愛你!
而且,我會更深地愛你,在我死後,隻要上帝允許。
How do I love thou?Let me count the ways.
I love thou 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 thou to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thou freely, as man strive for Right;
I love thou purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thou with the passion put to use
In my old grief, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thou 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 thou better after death.