How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height to My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday'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
我是如何愛你？
我是如何愛你？說不盡萬語千言。
我愛你之深邃，之寬廣，之高遠
盡我的靈魂所能及之處--猶如探求
玄冥中神的存在和美好之極。
我愛你如每日之必需，
陽光下和燭焰前都少不了。
我自由地愛著你，像人們爭取他們的權利；
我純潔地愛著你，如人們在讚美前會垂首。
我愛你，帶著我昔日悲傷時的
那種激情，童年時的那種誠意；
我愛你，抵得上往日對聖者懷有的
如今似已消逝的那種愛-我用呼吸，
用微笑，用眼淚，用我整個生命來愛你！
--假使上帝願意，我死後將更加愛你！