世界上最偉大的10封情書雙語
1. WinstonChurchill tells wife Clementine Churchill ofhis undying love(1935)
1.溫斯頓·丘吉爾寫給摯愛的妻子克萊芒蒂娜·丘吉爾的一封情書(1935年)
'My darlingClemmie, in your letter from Madras you wrote some words very dearto me, about having enriched your life. I cannot tell you whatpleasure this gave me, becauseI always feel so overwhelmingly in your debt,if there can be accounts inlove.'
“我親愛的克萊米，你在來信中提到的那些豐富你生活的話語對我來說非常珍貴。我無法向你形容這帶給我的快樂。如果愛情也有賬戶，那我已經淹沒在這份情債中。”
2. Johnny Cashwishes wife June Carter Cash a happy 65th birthday(1994)
3.約翰尼·卡什在妻子瓊·卡特65歲生日時寫給妻子的情書(1994年)
'We get oldand get used to each other. We think alike. We read each othersminds. We know what the other wants without asking. Sometimes weirritate each other a little bit. Maybe sometimes take each otherfor granted. But once in awhile, like today,I meditateonit and realise how lucky I am to share my life with the greatestwoman I ever met.'
“我們漸漸變老，也早已習慣了彼此。我們想法一致、靈魂互通。無需詢問我們便知道對方想要什麼。偶爾我們也會惹對方不高興，但那或許是因爲我們真正把對方視作了理所當然的伴侶。有時候比如今天，我沉思之後意識到，能夠與你這樣一個我所見過的最偉大的女人共度餘生，我是多麼的幸運。”
3. John Keatstells next door neighbour Fanny Brawne he can not live without her(1819)
3.約翰·濟慈寫給鄰居芬妮·布朗的一封情書(1819年)
'I cannotexist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing youagain - my Life seems to stop there - I see no further. You haveabsorb'd me.'
“如果沒有你，我要怎麼活呢?看不到你的時候，我記不起任何事情，我的生活似乎停滯了，我什麼也看不到。你吸引了我的全部注意。”
4. ErnestHemingway professes his love to Marlene Dietrich (1951)
4.歐內斯特·海明威寫給演員瑪琳·黛德麗的一封情書(1951年)
'I can't sayhow every time I ever put my arms around you I felt that I washome.'
“每次我將你摟在懷中時，我的感覺就像是回到了家中。”
5. NapoleonBonaparte sends his love to Josephine de Beauharnais(1796)
5.拿破崙·波拿巴寫給約瑟芬·博阿內斯的一封情書(1796年)
'Since I leftyou, I have been constantly depressed. My happiness is to be nearyou. Incessantly I live over in my memoryyour caresses,your tears, your charms of the incomparable Josephine kindle continually aburning and a glowing flame in my heart.'
“自從離開你之後，我一直感到很抑鬱。我的快樂是與你相隨的。只有不停地回憶你的撫摸、你的淚水，你親切的關懷，我才得以活下去。親愛的約瑟芬啊，你用你那無與倫比的魅力燃起我心中炙熱的火苗。”
6. RichardBurton tells Elizabeth Taylor of her beauty (1964)
6.理查德·伯頓寫給伊麗莎白·泰勒的一封情書(1964年)
'My blind eyesare desperately waiting for the sight of you. You don't realize ofcourse, E.B., how fascinatingly beautiful you have always been, andhow strangely you have acquired an added and special and dangerousloveliness.'
“我那被遮住的雙眼只期待與你的眼神相會。你可能不知道自己有多麼的美麗迷人，你的可愛如此獨特與危險，這真是令人驚奇。”
7. King HenryVIII expresses his love for Anne Boleyn (1527)
7.亨利八世向安妮·博林示愛的一封情書(1527年)
'I beg to knowexpressly your intention touching the love between us. Necessitycompels me to obtain this answer, having been more than a yearwounded by the dart oflove, and not yet sure whether I shall fail or find a place in youraffection.'
“我渴望獲悉你對我們之間愛情的看法。我有必要知道答案，一年多來我被這愛情之劍刺的遍體鱗傷，而我還不確定我在你心中是否佔有一席之地。”
8. Beethovenpens his love for his 'Immortal Beloved'whose true identity remains a mystery (1812)
8.貝多芬寫給“永遠的摯愛”(其真實身份至今仍是個謎)的一封情書(1812年)
'Though stillin bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, Becalm-love me-today-yesterday-what tearful longings foryou-you-you-my life-my all-farewell. Oh continue to love me-nevermisjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever thine. Evermine. Ever ours.'
“雖然還躺在牀上，但我的思緒卻始終追隨着你，我永遠的摯愛。保持冷靜，繼續愛我吧，你是我的生命，你是我的全部，再見了。哦，繼續愛我吧，那顆最真誠的愛你的心永遠不會迷失。永遠屬於你，永遠屬於我，永遠是我們的。”
9. Gerald Fordreminds wife Betty Ford of his and their family's love for hershortly after she was diagnosed with breast cancer(1974)
9.傑拉爾德·福特在妻子貝蒂·福特被診斷爲乳腺癌的時候寫給妻子的一封情書(1974年)
'No writtenwords can adequately express our deep, deep love. We know how greatyou are and we, the children and Dad, will try to be as strong asyou. Our Faith in you and God will sustain total love for you is everlasting.'
“沒有任何語言足以表達我們對你那深深的愛。我們知道你有多偉大，我和孩子們都會試着像你一樣堅強。我們相信你，上帝也會支持我們的。我們永遠愛你。”
10. JimiHendrix tells his 'little girl' to spread her wings (dateunknown)
10.吉米·亨德里克斯寫給他的“小女孩”的一封情書(日期不詳)
'Happiness iswithin you*. so unlock the chains from your heart and let yourselfgrow like the sweet flower you are*..I know the answer-Just spreadyour wings and set yourself FREE'
“快樂就在你心中，所以打開束縛你心靈的枷鎖吧，讓自己像花朵一樣成長。我知道答案，張開你的翅膀，自由地飛翔吧。”
