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 heightMy 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 purely¹, as they turn from Praise.

I love with a 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：我是怎样的爱你？(伊丽莎白·勃朗宁)

我是怎样的爱你？诉不尽万语千言：

我爱你的程度是那样地高深和广远，

恰似我的灵魂曾飞到了九天与黄泉，

去探索人生的奥妙，和神灵的恩典。

无论是白昼还是夜晚，我爱你不息，

像我每日必需的摄生食物不能间断。

我纯洁地爱你，不为奉承吹捧迷惑，

我勇敢地爱你，如同为正义而奋争！

爱你，以昔日的剧痛和童年的忠诚，

爱你，以眼泪、笑声及全部的生命。

要是没有你，我的心就失去了圣贤，

要是没有你，我的心就失去了激情。

假如上帝愿意，请为我作主和见证：

在我死后，我必将爱你更深，更深！

———袁广达 梁葆成译