我怎样爱你
作者：伊丽莎白.巴莱特.白朗宁（Elizabeth Barrett Browning）
译者：阮一峰
我怎样爱你?让我来告诉你.
我用我灵魂所能达到的极限来爱你,
就像在黑暗中感受
生命的尽头和上帝的恩惠.
我爱你,是日光和烛焰下
最基本的需要.
我无拘无束的爱你,就像人们为权利而斗争.
我无比纯洁的爱你,就像人们不为赞美而陶醉.
我爱你,我的深情不再留给往日的悲伤,
我爱你,用我童年的信念,
我爱你,就像爱那些天上的圣人,
我爱你,用我生命中所有的呼吸、微笑和泪水,
如果上帝让我去死,我会接受,
但死后我会更加爱你.
英文原诗如下：
How do I love thee?
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 every day'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.
-- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
