I think it better that in times like these

这等年头，窃以为诗人

    A poet's mouth be silent, for in truth

无须饶舌。说实话，

        We have no gift to set a statsman right;

吾等岂有匡正社稷之才。

He has had enough of meddling who can please

其徒有讨妙龄懒少女的欢心，

    A young girl in the indolence of her youth,

或在冬夜里为老汉解闷。

        Or an old man upon a winter's night.

忙得不亦乐乎。