How do I love thee

我是怎樣地愛你 ----勃朗寧夫人

我是怎樣地愛你？讓我逐一細算。            How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
我愛你盡我的心靈所能及到的                    I love thee to the depth and breadth and height　　
深邃、寬廣、和高度－－正象我探求        My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
玄冥中上帝的存在和深厚的神恩。            For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
我愛你的程度，就象日光和燭焰下           I love thee to the level of everyday's　
那每天不用說得的需要。我不加思慮地   Most quiet , by sun and candle-light
愛你，就象男子們爲正義而鬥爭；          I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
我純潔地愛你，象他們在讚美前低頭。  I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
我愛你以我童年的信仰；我愛你              I love thee with the passion put to use
以滿懷熱情，就象往日滿腔的辛酸；      In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith
我愛你，抵得上那似乎隨着消失的聖者  I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
而消逝的愛慕。我愛你以我終生的          With my lost saints, -- I love thee with the breath,
呼吸，微笑和淚珠－－假使是上帝的      Smiles, tears,and all my life -- and, if God choose;
意旨，那麼，我死了我還要更加愛你！  I shall but love thee better after death.