最短的英文诗

I HAVE A DREAM

1、I Stood Upon a High Place

Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

and carousing in sin.

One looked up, grinning,

And said, "Comrade! Brother!"

我站在高处

斯蒂芬·克莱恩

我站在高处，

看到下面很多鬼魂

奔跑，跳跃

沉醉在罪恶中。

有一个朝上看，咧着嘴笑，

说道，“伙伴们！兄弟们！”

2、Nothing Gold Can Stay

Robert Frost

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

美景易逝

罗伯特·弗罗斯特

大自然的第一抹新绿是金，

也是她最无力保留的颜色。

她初发的叶子如同一朵花；

然而只能持续若此一刹那。

随之如花新叶沦落为旧叶。

由是伊甸园陷入忧伤悲切，

破晓黎明延续至晃晃白昼。

宝贵如金之物岁月难保留。

3、First Fig

Edna St. Vincent Millay

My candle burns at both ends;

It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—

It gives a lovely light!

第一颗无花果

埃德娜·圣·文森特·米莱

我这支蜡烛在两头燃烧；

它终究撑不到拂晓；

可是，我的对头们，还有，我的朋友们——

它发出的光是多么美妙！

4、I'm Nobody! Who Are You?

Emily Dickinson

I'm nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?

Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!

They'd banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell your name the livelong day

To an admiring bog!

我是无名之辈，你是谁？

艾米莉·狄金森

我是无名之辈！你是谁？

你也是无名之辈？

那咱俩就成了一对——别出声！

他们会排挤咱们——要小心！

做个大人物多没劲！

多招摇——像只青蛙

对着欣赏的小水洼

整日里炫耀自己的名号！

5、Trees

Joyce Kilmer

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

树

乔伊斯·基尔默

我想我永远不会看到

一首诗像树一样可爱。

一棵树，她饥渴的唇压在

大地流淌着甘甜乳汁的胸膛上；

—棵树，她终日仰望苍天，

高举着枝繁叶茂的胳膊，祈祷着；

夏天，会有一窝知更鸟

在树的头发里栖息；

冬天，树的胸前堆积着白雪，

她和雨亲密地相处。

诗可以由像我这样的傻瓜来写，

但树只能由上帝来创造。

世界上最遥远的位置！！—泰戈尔The furthest distance in the world —TagoreThe furthest distance in the world 世界上最遥远的距离 Is not between life and death 不是生与死 But when I stand in front of you 而是 我就站在你面前 Yet you don't know that I love you 你却不知道我爱你 The furthest distance in the world 世界上最遥远的距离 Is not when I stand in front of you 不是 我就站在你面前 Yet you can't see my love 你却不知道我爱你 But when undoubtedly knowing the love from both 而是 明明知道彼此相爱 Yet cannot be together 却不能在一起 The furthest distance in the world 世界上最遥远的距离 Is not being apart while being in love 不是 明明知道彼此相爱 却不能在一起 But when painly cannot resist the yearning 而是 明明无法抵挡这股思念 Yet pretending you have never been in my heart 却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里 The furthest distance in the world 世界上最遥远的距离 Is not when painly cannot resist the yearning 不是 明明无法抵挡这股思念yet pretending you have never been in my heart 却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里 but using one's indifferent heart 而是 用自己冷漠的心对爱你的人 To dig an uncrossable river 掘了一条无法跨越的沟渠 For the one who loves you 我当初就是在我们公司的联欢晚会上朗诵的这道诗歌，反响挺大的！再配一个轻柔点的音乐！

《The figure in the wind an snow》 雪中的身影

The cold wind blowing the pure snow, still hovering for you.

冰冷的风吹着纯净的雪，依然为你翱翔。

Figure desolate, lonely homesick at the .

身影落寞，寂寞想家。

The cold winter wi

寒冷的冬天

Still with a fluttering heart,

仍然有一颗颤动的心，

Travel all over the world.

周游世界。

A desolate figure,

荒凉的身影，

There is only white flowers in front of the eyes.

眼前只有白色的花朵。

Fall in succession,

相继倒下，

I slowly walk in,

我慢慢地走进来，

Lonely looking,

孤独的寻找，

It's like everything.

就像一切。

It can return to the original starting point.

它可以回到原来的起点。

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推荐美国诗人Robert Frost的这首诗，曾经入选高中语文教材的，很有哲理，也不长。The Road Not Taken1. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,2. And sorry I could not travel both3. And be one traveler, long I stood4. And looked down one as far as I could5. To where it bent in the undergrowth;6. Then took the other, as just as fair,7. And having perhaps the better claim,8. Because it was grassy and wanted wear;9. Though as for that the passing there10. Had worn them really about the same,11. And both that morning equally lay12. In leaves no step had trodden black.13. Oh, I kept the first for another day!14. Yet knowing how way leads on to way,15. I doubted if I should ever come back.16. I shall be telling this with a sigh17. Somewhere ages and ages hence:18. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--19. I took the one less traveled by,20. And that has made all the difference.黄色的树林里分出两条路，可惜我不能同时去涉足，我在那路口久久伫立，我向着一条路极目望去，直到它消失在丛林深处。但我却选择了另一条路，它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂，显得更诱人，更美丽;虽然在这两条小路上，很少留下旅人的足迹。虽然那天清晨落叶满地，两条路都未经脚印污染。啊，留下一条路等改日再见!但我知道路径延绵无尽头，恐怕我难以再回返。也许多少年后在某个地方，我将轻声叹息将往事回顾:一片树林里分出两条路--而我选择了人迹更少的一条，从此决定了我一生的道路 我辛苦打了很久翻译，望采纳。

Dreams 梦想---Langston HughesHold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想， For if dreams die 梦想若是消亡Life is a broken-winged bird 生命就象鸟儿折了翅膀 That can never fly. 再也不能飞翔 Hold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想，For when dreams go 梦想若是消丧Life is a barren field 生命就象贫瘠的荒野，Frozen only with snow 雪覆冰封，万物不再生长

1931年的伦敦，庞德先生走出潮湿幽暗的地铁。在忽明忽暗的熙攘的人群里，他看到了几个美丽的面孔，有冷艳绝伦的妇人，优雅动人的少女，天真可爱的小女孩......这一场景给他留下极为深刻的印象。庞德先生匆匆忙忙地赶回家，坐在桌旁，他开始搜索枯肠，竭尽全力找到合适的诗句来表达自己复杂的情绪。当写到130余行的时候，诗人发现这些行句还不足以传达自己真实的感受。突然，他灵机一动，开始缩减，直到只剩下两行充满内在活力的俳句，才终于满意了。于是世界上最短的一首诗产生了: In a Station of the MetroThe apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough. 这首《在巴黎地铁站上》可以算是意象主义（imagism）诗歌的上乘佳作。诗人运用的意象是“阴暗的树枝上面的几片花瓣”。他用阴湿的树枝比喻潮湿幽暗的地铁，用鲜艳的花瓣形容人的美丽脸孔，从而捕捉住事物的想象，寥寥数笔便勾勒出一幅气氛融洽的影像，写出了比兴恰切的精妙诗句。