Modern Declaration by Edna St. Vincent Millay

自从童年时，我爱过的几件事情，
    从未动摇过这些爱恋；
从来没有在富人的家中，或牧师的面前
   羞怯过 。不承认这些爱；
从来没有像一位脊椎指压师一样
      愤世疾俗地工作，咕哝着
咔嚓按压在丢脸的爱之上
从来没有在焦急地谋到一份工作时
   因为一个诡计多端的微笑而
轻视它们；或在醉酒昏沉时
 心疼 奚落地它们，或懒洋洋地抚弄着
它们警惕的敌人的手指；宣称
     
我将永远爱你。
无论什么党派执政；
  无论暂时的权益联盟
出于怎样的利益赢得战争；
我将永远爱你。
I, having loved ever since I was a child a few things, never
        having wavered
In these affections; never through shyness in the houses of the
        rich or in the presence of clergymen· having denied these
        loves;
Never when worked upon by cynics like chiropractors having
        grunted or clicked a vertebra to the discredit of these
        loves;
Never when anxious to land a job having diminished them by
        a conniving smile; or when befuddled by drink
Jeered at them through heartache or lazily fondled the fingers
        of their alert enemies; declare
That I shall love you always.
No matter what party is in power;
No matter what temporarily expedient combination of allied
        interests wins the war;
Shall love you always.