Napoleon Bonaparte to Marie Josephine
拿破仑·波拿巴致玛莉·约瑟芬
拿破仑·波拿巴
Dear Marie,
亲爱的玛丽：
I have your letter, my adorable love. It has filled my heart with joy, since I left you I have been sad all the time.
我收到你的信了，我爱慕的人儿。你的信使我充满欢乐……自离开你以来，我一直愁眉不展、郁郁寡欢。
My only happiness is near you. I go over endlessly in my thought our kisses, your tears, your delicious jealousy. The charm of my wonderful Josephine kindles a living, blazing fire in my heart and senses. When shall I be able to pass every minute near you, with nothing to do but to love you and nothing to think of but the pleasure of telling you of it and giving you proof of it? I loved you some time ago; since then I feel that I love you a thousand times better. Ever since I have known you I adore you more every day. That proves how wrong is that saying of La Bruyere "Love comes all of a sudden." Ah, let me see some of your faults: be less beautiful, less graceful, less tender, less good. But never be jealous and never shed tears. Your tears send me out of my mind–they set my very blood on fire. Believe me that it is utterly impossible for me to have a single thought that is not yours, a single fancy that is not submissive to your will. Rest well. Restore your health. Come back to me and then at any rate before we die we ought to be able to say: "We were happy for so very many days!" Millions of kisses even to your dog.
我惟一的幸福就是伴随着你。我不停地回想着你的吻、你的泪以及那甜蜜的嫉妒。我迷人的约瑟芬的魅力如同一团炽热的火那样在我的心里燃烧着。我何时才能在你身边度过每一分、每一刻，除了爱你以外，什么也不做；除了爱你、向你倾诉我对你的爱并向你证明我爱你时的那种愉快，我什么都不想。我不能相信不久之前爱过你，从那以后我感到自己对你的爱增加了一千倍。自从我们相识以后，我一天比一天更爱慕你。这恰恰证明了拉布鲁耶尔说的"爱总是突如其来"多么地不合实际啊。啊，但愿我能看到你有一点点的美中不足，但愿你能少几分优雅、少几分姣好、再少几分妩媚吧。但是坚决不要嫉妒，坚决不要泪水。你的泪水可以使我神魂颠倒–它们使我血液沸腾、燃烧。请相信我，我每时每刻都在思念着你，因为你，这思念绵绵不绝，我所有的意愿都顺从你。你要好好休息，愿你早日康复。请回到我身边吧，不管怎么说，在我们谢世之前，我们应当可以这么说："我们曾拥有过那么多幸福的日子啊!"给你千百万个甜蜜的吻，一并吻你的爱犬。
