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 candlelight.

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－－正象我探求

玄冥中上帝的存在和深厚的神恩。

我爱你的程度，就象日光和烛焰下

那每天不用说得的需要。我不加思虑地

爱你，就象男子们为正义而斗争；

我纯洁地爱你，象他们在赞美前低头。

我爱你以我童年的信仰；我爱你

以满怀热情，就象往日满腔的辛酸；

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

意旨，那么，我死了我还要更加爱你！