How Do I Love Thee?
Guidance for Reciting
Love triumphs over everything. Love has no age,no limit and no death.
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.
Notes
1.thee [Ti:;Ti](old use)pron. 你
2.strive [straiv] vi. 努力,奋斗,斗争
3.grief [gri:f] n. 悲痛,忧伤
我是怎样的爱你?
诵读导言
爱情战胜一切。爱情没有寿命,没有极限,不会死亡。我是怎样的爱你?诉不尽万语千言:
我爱你的程度是那样地高深和广远,
恰似我的灵魂曾飞到了九天与黄泉,
去探索人生的奥妙,和神灵的恩典。
无论是白昼还是夜晚,我爱你不息。
像我每日必需摄入的食物不能间断。
我纯洁地爱你,不为奉承吹捧迷惑,
我勇敢地爱你,如同为正义而奋争!
爱你,以昔日的剧痛和童年的忠诚,
爱你,以眼泪、笑声及全部的生命。
要是没有你,我的心就失去了圣贤,
要是没有你,我的心就失去了激情。
假如上帝愿意,请为我作主和见证:
在我死后,我必将爱你更深,更深!