How do I love thee? 我怎樣愛你？

     By Elizabeth Barrett Browning 白朗寧夫人

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

我怎樣愛你？聽我訴說仔細。

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

我愛你到我心靈所能企及。

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

我的愛深邃寬廣崇高，無以倫比，

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

就像上帝把榮耀賜予她的孩子。

I love thee to the level of every day's

生活在太陽和燭光下，

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

我愛你是每一天最基本的必需。

I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

我自由地愛你，就像人們爭取權利。

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

我純潔地愛你，就像他們不為名利。

I love thee with the passion put to use

我滿懷激情地愛你，一如沉浸在往日的憂鬱。

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

我無比堅定地愛你，這信念根植於我童年時期。

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

我愛你，這愛隨着失去的聖者似曾消逝。

With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,

我愛你，用我終生的微笑，淚水和呼吸；

Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,

如果，上帝讓我去死，

I shall but love thee better after death.

我會接受，但死後我會更加愛你。