书城外语每天都是精彩:英语诵读美文240篇(英汉对照)
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第110章

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!