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 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. 

译文：

我究竟怎样爱你？让我细数详端。
　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，
　在死后我爱你将只会更加深情。
　

注：Elizabeth Barrett Browning是十九世纪英国著名女诗人，生于1806年3月6日。