中国新诗是在对外国诗歌特别是西方诗歌的模仿和翻译尝试中诞生的。翻译对新诗发展的影响,无论内容还是形式,都是决定性的。新诗的成就与不足,也都与翻译直接相关。如果我们同意某些诗人的看法,把译诗视为现代汉语诗歌的一部分,那么新诗的主要成就还在翻译方面。迄今为止,还很少有单个诗人的成就能够超越楚图南、李野光译的惠特曼《草叶集》、王 Chinese new poetry was born in the attempt to imitate and translate foreign poetry, especially Western poetry. The impact of translation on the development of new poetry, both in content and in form, is decisive. The achievements and deficiencies of new poetry are also directly related to translation. If we agree with some poets and regard the translation of poetry as part of modern Chinese poetry, the main achievement of the new poetry is still translation. To date, there have been very few single poets that have surpassed the achievements of Chu Tu-en and Li Te-guang’s Whitman “Leaves of Grass,” the king