拿破仑写给爱妻的缠绵情书

 　　Paris, December 1795I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating¹ evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil². Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart! Are you angry? Do I see you looking sad? Are you worried?... My soul aches with sorrow, and there can be no rest for you lover; but is there still more in store for me when, yielding to the profound feelings which overwhelm me, I draw from your lips, from your heart a love which consumes me with fire? Ah! it was last night that I fully³ realized how false an image of you your portrait gives!

　　You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours.

　　Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.

　　注：拿破仑（Napoleon Bonaparte）（1769-1821）出生于法国的科西嘉。他不仅是一位出色的军事家和另人敬畏的统治者，还是一位多产的书信写手，一生写了数万封信，其中大部分是写给其漂亮的妻子约瑟芬的。这封信写于1796年他们的婚礼之前，表明了这位未来君主对爱人的温柔与情感。

1 intoxicating   

a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的

参考例句：

• Power can be intoxicating. 权力能让人得意忘形。
• On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent. 夏日的傍晚，鲜花散发出醉人的芳香。

2 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。