If thou must love me

If thou must love me, let it be for nought

Except for love's sake only. Do not say

'I love her for her smile—her look—her way

Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought

That falls in well with mine, and certes brought

A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'—

For these things in themselves, Beloved, may

Be changed, or change for thee,—and love, so wrought,

May be unwrought so. Neither love me for

Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,—

A creature might forget to weep, who bore

Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!

But love me for love's sake, that evermore

Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.

一開始讀布朗寧的舒適因為她浪漫的愛情
但是當心中的共鳴越來越強烈
一回神
早已沉醉在詩中的旋律當中

這首詩中的描述
可以說是古今中外每個女人的心願
假使你必須愛上我
請單純只是因為愛我
不要因為我的笑容、長相、言語
因為這些都會改變
而愛也會跟著改變
每次讀到這首詩
心中的感動只會增加
縱然經過多少個世紀
女人所求竟皆只是單一的純愛---是單純?還是單純沒進化呢?