How Do I Love Thee? Poem by Luo Zhihai

★ How Do I Love Thee?

☆ Poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning


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


▲ Chinese Translation

★ 我该如何去爱你？

☆ [英国] 伊丽莎白•巴雷特•勃朗宁(1806–1861) 诗
☆ [中国] 罗志海 (1954-) 译


我该如何去爱你？让我数一数方式
我全方位爱你——深度、广度、高度
我的灵魂可以抵达，视野以外的觉悟
生命穷尽，理想恩赐
我爱你，每一天每一分钟
最安静的需要，由太阳和烛光提供
我爱你自由自在，像人们争取权益
我纯洁地爱你，因而人们欣赏赞誉
我爱，简简单单，热情洋溢
我昔日悲伤，我童年记忆
我爱你，我的爱即将失去
我已失去圣徒——我爱你，用我的呼吸
微笑、眼泪和我生命的全部！——如果由上帝选择
我死后将更加爱你


2015年5月2日翻译
On May 2 2015, Translation