How do I love you? Let me count the ways.
I love you to the depth and breadth and height to
My soul can reach, when feelong out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love you to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need,by sun and candlelight.
I love you freely, as men strive for light;
I love you purely, as they turn from praise.
I love you with the passion put to use
in my old griefs and with my childhood's faith.
I love you with a love i seened to lose
With my lost saints,
I love you with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life!
I shall but love thee better after death.
译:
我是多么的爱你？让我细细道来：
我的爱之深之广之高
超越官能的极限，唯灵魂能探测
存在于理想与天国的尽头
我爱你，日复一日
源自生命最基本的渴望
一如阳光，一如烛火
我的爱没有代价
一如人类对正义的追求
我的爱没有杂念
一如正义之士不求褒扬
我爱你，带着昔日的哀痛
伴着古老的忧伤，用我儿时的信仰
我爱你，用我曾经拥有过的
现在依然虔诚的，信徒的仰望
用我的呼吸，微笑和眼泪
以及生命中的一切，来爱你
如果上帝愿意
我死后将爱你更深
