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白朗宁夫人:我怎样地爱你

              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 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 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.

            译文:

            我究竟怎样爱你?让我细数详端。

             我爱你直到我灵魂所及的深度、

             广度和高度,我在视力不及之处

            摸索着存在的极致和美的理想。

             我爱你像最朴素的日常需要一样,

             就像不自觉地需要阳光和蜡烛。

            我自由地爱你,像人们选择正义之路,

            我纯洁地爱你,像人们躲避称赞颂扬。          

            我爱你用的是我在昔日的悲痛里

            用过的那种激情,以及童年的忠诚。

            我爱你用的爱,我本以为早已失去

             (与我失去的圣徒一同);我爱你用笑容、

            眼泪、呼吸和生命!只要上帝允许,

             在死后我爱你将只会更加深情。

                         (飞白 译)

    注:Elizabeth Barrett Browning是十九世纪英国著名女诗人,生于1806年3月6日。



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