我有多麽愛你？ | 我有多麽愛你？讓我一一為你細數

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by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)

Translation © by M.W. Wang

Sonnet XLIII

(Sung text for setting by L. Steele)

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Language: English

Our translations: CHI

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 men 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 seem 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.

See also Karl Shapiro's parody How do I love you?

Composition:

Lynn Steele

Three Sonnets from the Portuguese

Text Authorship:

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861), no title, appears in Poems, in Sonnets from the Portuguese, no. 43, first published 1847-50

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CHI Chinese (中文) (M.W. Wang) , "我有多麽愛你？", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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我有多麽愛你？

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Steele)

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Language: Chinese (中文) after the English

我有多麽愛你？讓我一一為你細數
我愛你有如海之深，地之廣，山之高
以我靈魂之所有，無盡的尋覓
冥冥末日和美好世界
我愛你如每一口呼吸
靜靜的，在艷陽和燭光中閃耀
自由自在的愛着你，這是我生命的權利；
純潔無慾的愛着你，不需要世人的認同。
我愛你，以我全心的溫柔
带着昔日的悲傷，少年時的清純；
我愛你，如同曾經失落的
對神明的信仰 我是這樣的愛著你，
用呼吸， 微笑，淚水，用我的生命愛著你！
如果上帝允許，在我死後，我會更愛你！

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