How Do I Love Thee?
【英】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 everyday'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 thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhoods 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.
我是怎样地爱你?
【英】伊丽莎白·芭蕾特·布朗宁 ‖ 方平 译
我是怎样地爱你?让我逐一细算。
我爱你尽我的心灵所能及到的
深邃、宽广和高度——正像我探求
玄冥中上帝的存在和深厚的神恩。
我爱你的程度
就像日光和烛焰下,那每天不用说得的需要,
我不加思虑地爱你,就像男子们为正义而斗争;
我纯洁地爱你,像他们在赞美前低头。
我爱你,以满怀的热情,就像
往日满腔的辛酸,以我童年的信仰
我爱你,抵得上那似乎随着消失的圣者
而消逝的爱慕——我爱你以我终生的呼吸,
微笑和泪珠——假使是上帝的意志,那么
我死后还要更加爱你
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