Elizabeth Barret Browning - Sonnets from the Portuguese (43) 汉译

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My 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 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.

葡萄牙的十四行诗（43）

伊丽莎白·巴蕾特·布朗宁

我究竟怎样爱你？让我细数端详。

我爱你直到我灵魂所及的深度、

广度和高度，我在视力不及之处

摸索着存在的极致和美的理想。

我爱你像最朴素的日常需要一样，

就像不自觉地需要阳光和蜡烛。

我自由地爱你，像人们选择正义之路，

我纯洁地爱你，像人们躲避称赞颂扬。

我爱你用的是我在昔日的悲痛里

用过的那种激情，以及童年的忠诚。

我爱你用的爱，我本以为早已失去

（与我失去的圣徒一同）；我爱你用笑容、

眼泪、呼吸和生命！只要上帝允许，

在死后我爱你将人更加深情。