How Do I Love Thee_佳作欣赏

    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 candlelight.
    i love thee freely, as men strive for right;
    i love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
    i love with a 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.
    译文:我是怎样的爱你?(伊丽莎白·勃朗宁)
    我是怎样的爱你?诉不尽万语千言:
    我爱你的程度是那样地高深和广远,
    恰似我的灵魂曾飞到了九天与黄泉,
    去探索人生的奥妙,和神灵的恩典。
    无论是白昼还是夜晚,我爱你不息,
    像我每日必需的摄生食物不能间断。
    我纯洁地爱你,不为奉承吹捧迷惑,
    我勇敢地爱你,如同为正义而奋争!
    爱你,以昔日的剧痛和童年的忠诚,
    爱你,以眼泪、笑声及全部的生命。
    要是没有你,我的心就失去了圣贤,
    要是没有你,我的心就失去了激情。
    假如上帝愿意,请为我作主和见证:
    在我死后,我必将爱你更深,更深!