This is called love

这就是爱情

If I only see her dark eyes, I feel happy! But it makes me angry that Albert does not seem as delighted as he-hoped-as I-thought to be, if-I am not fond of dashes, but it is the only way of expressing myself here-and I think I make myself sufficiently¹ clear.

只要我看见她那双黑眼睛，我就会感到快乐！但使我生气的是阿尔伯特似乎并不像--他本希望--我原设想的--那样快乐，如果--我并不喜欢用破折号，但这是我此时表达思想的唯一方式--我想我也说得够清楚的了。

Oh, this void, this terrifying void I feel in my breast! I often think: if you could once, only once, press her to your heart, this void would be filled.

呵，这空白，我胸中可感到的可怕空白！我常常想：倘若你只一次，仅只一次能将她拥在心口，那么，这个空白就会被填满。

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

无论我有多么丰富的感情，都会被她的感情所吞没；无论我多么富有，没有她一切都等于零。

How many times have I been on the point of embracing her! God knows what a torture it is to see such loveliness moving about, and not to be permitted to stretch out one’s hands to it; for this gesture is, after all, one of the most natural of human impulses. Do not children grasp at anything that comes their way?-And I ?

我多少次险些搂住她的脖子！一个人，看到有如此可爱的东西不断地出现在她的眼前，却不许可伸手去抓取，上帝知道他心里是什么滋味；毕竟，这个动作是人类最自然的冲动。儿童不就是一见东西就伸手去抓吗？--那么我呢？