77. How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

——E. B. 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.

77　我如何爱你，让我诉诉衷肠[1]

勃朗宁夫人

我如何爱你，让我诉诉衷肠：

我爱你至深至沉，已达我的灵魂

能达的极致，一旦你不在身边，

我便觉末日来临，主的恩慈已绝。

我爱你，就像对待阳光和烛火，

那是生活的必需，片刻不可分离。

我要倾情爱你，就像人追求自身权利；

我要虔诚爱你，一如教徒走出教堂。

我爱你，充满激情和童年的向往，

那激情曾伴随我度过往日的忧悒。

我爱你，充满眷恋，生怕它转眼消失，

连同我的天使——我爱你永生永世，

凭我的呼吸、微笑和泪水——如果上帝愿意，

等我死后，我还要加倍爱你。

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[1]此诗为《葡萄牙人十四行诗》第43首。