我该如何爱你

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 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 the 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.

我是多么爱你？让我一一述说

我爱你的深度、宽广、高度

延及到心灵，当不在一起时我感到

生命尽了还有全部的祈祷

我爱你的程度达到每天

不可或缺，就像太阳和烛光一样

我慷慨的爱你，就像人类为正义而战

我纯洁的爱你，就像人类带来的称赞

我爱你用尽我所有的激情

在我暮年悲痛时，我爱你如童年的信仰

我爱你似乎要失去我这个虔诚的信徒--我爱你

就像呼吸、微笑和眼泪融入我的生命。-还有，

如果上帝让决定

我死了以后也会加倍的爱你。