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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
我是如何愛你？說不盡萬語千言。
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
我愛你之深邃，之寬廣，之高遠
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
盡我的靈魂所能及之處，猶如探索
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
玄冥中神的存在和美好之極。
I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
我愛你如每日之必需，陽光下和燭焰前都少不了。
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
我自由地愛著你，像人們爭取他們的權利；
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
我純潔地愛著你，如人們在贊美前會垂首。
I love thee with the passion put to use in my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
我愛著你，帶著我昔日悲傷時的 那種激情，童年時的那種誠意；
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
我愛你，抵得上往日對圣者懷有的
With my lost saints, --I love thee with the breath,
如今似已消逝的那種愛——我用呼吸，
Smiles, tears, of all my life!
用微笑，用眼淚，用我整個生命來愛你！
And, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
假使上帝愿意，我死后將更加愛你。
