双语有声阅读：拿破仑致约瑟夫

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. My only happiness is near you.I go over endlessly in my thought of your kisses, your tears, your delicious jealousy¹.The charm of my wonderful Josephine kindles² a living, blazing fire in my heart andsenses.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 asudden.”Ah, let me see some of your faults; be less beautiful, less graceful³, 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 utterly⁴ impossible for me to have a single thought that is not yours,a single fancythat 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.

 

我收到了你的信，我崇拜的心上人。你的信使我充满了欢乐...自从与你分手以后，我一直闷闷不乐，愁眉不展。我惟一的幸福就是伴随着你。你的吻给了我无限的遐思和回昧，还有你的泪水和甜蜜的嫉妒。我迷人的约瑟芬的魅力就像一团 炽热的火在心里燃烧。什么时候我才能在你身旁度过每分每秒，除了爱你什么也不需要做;除了向你倾诉我对你的爱并向你证明爱的那种愉怏，什么也不用想了？

 

我不敢相信不久之前爱你，自那以后我感到对你的爱更增加了一千倍。自从我与你相识，我一天比一天更崇拜你。这正好证明了拉布吕耶尔所说 的"爱，突如其来”多么不切合实际。啊，让我看看你的一些美中不足吧。再少几分甜美，再少几分优雅，再少几分温柔妩媚，再少几分姣好吧;但决不要嫉妒，决不要流泪。你的眼泪使我神魂颠倒，你的眼泪使我热血沸腾。相信我，我每时每刻无不在想你，不想你是绝不可能的。没有一丝意念能够不顺着你的意愿。好好休息，早曰康复。回到我的身边，不管怎么说,在我们谢世之前，我们应当能说我们曾经有多少个幸福的曰子啊广千百万次吻，甚至吻你的爱犬。

1 jealousy   

n.妒忌，嫉妒，猜忌

参考例句：

• Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
• I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。

2 kindles   

（使某物）燃烧，着火( kindle的第三人称单数 )； 激起（感情等）； 发亮，放光

参考例句：

• And as kindles hope, millions more will find it. 他们的自由又将影响周围，使更多的人民得到自由。
• A person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt. 煽动叛乱者，挑动争端者挑起麻烦或引起叛乱的人。

3 graceful   

adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的

参考例句：

• His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
• The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。

4 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。