To My Dear and Loving Husband/ Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that Rivers Cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompetence.
Thy love is such I can no way repay.
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let's so persevere
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
1678
面對新世界的原始，妳驚訝卻順從，
妳認為那是神的旨意。
面對舊世界的文明，妳謙遜低下頭
顱，卻仍要歡呼，為女王記下功業。
妳無意與男性爭功，卻穩穩並行於
伴侶身側。
妳用深沈廣闊的愛，抵擋了惡劣的
氣候和艱困的生活，並以孱弱身軀
孕育孩子。
妳將未開拓的荒原，變成了溫馨的
英國莊園。這是值得讚賞的功績。
即使，妳的荒原，一直都是別人的
家園。